Smithkline Beecham fined for safety breach

A company that won a 2003 Ministerial merit award for health and safety was convicted and fined today on four charges related to a release of toxic and carcinogenic material into the workplace at their plant in Currabinny, Co Cork.

Judge Patrick J. Moran convicted and fined Smithkline Beecham €15,000 yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court after they pleaded guilty to four breaches of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989, arising out an accident at their plant on May 30, 2003.