Inquiry into fatal explosion at chemical plant almost complete

THE Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is close to completing its probe into a fatal explosion at a Cork chemical plant almost two years ago.

Production operator Liam Nodwell, 58, from Church Hill, Glanmire in Cork, died when a chemical blast ripped through a tower block production building at the Corden PharmaChem plant at Little Island in the early hours of April 28, 2008.

The blast, which occurred at the beginning of a chemical mixing process, also injured five other employees – one seriously.