Firm fined €2,500 after worker dies while dismantling ceiling

A man dismantling a ceiling in a warehouse died after he sustained injuries when the platform he was working on fell to the floor.

Firm fined €2,500 after worker dies while dismantling ceiling

Judge Aingil Ní Chondúin said €5,000 was the maximum fine on the charge and imposed a €2,500 fine on the man’s employer, plumbing suppliers OB Heating of Cork.

Health and Safety Authority inspector Mark Rowlands said that at the time of the accident, there had been a pallet on the forks of a forklift truck with a metal frame attached to the wooden pallet.

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