Steel fabrication firm in Cork fined €8k for not having written procedure for safe system of work

An incident where life-changing injuries were suffered by a man who was using an angle-grinder there was the reason a health and safety inspector was called to Forde Steel Buildings

Judge Behan said there were considerable and extensive mitigating factors, including the absence of any other health and safety breaches. File picture: Larry Cummins

Catastrophic life-changing injuries were suffered by a man who was using an angle-grinder to cut a 200-litre drum that exploded and on Friday his employer was fined €8,000 in a Health and Safety Authority prosecution for failing to have procedures for this work set out in writing.

Judge Sinéad Behan imposed that fine at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where a guilty plea was entered on behalf of Forde Steel Buildings of Ballygurrihy, Donoughmore, in respect of a date back on June 22, 2020.