File to be sent to DPP over UCC workplace death

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is poised to submit a file to the DPP following a complex investigation into the death of a member of UCC’s governing board in a workplace accident on campus last year.

A HSA inspector told Cork city coroner Myra Cullinane yesterday that their investigation into the circumstances surrounding Frank McGrath’s death is complete and is being reviewed by senior HSA staff.

Once that review is complete, the file will be referred to the DPP, he said.