Escape routes for slurry tanks

Regulations for the building of slurry tanks must be reviewed in light of the death of Nevin Spence, the gifted 22-year-old rugby player, who died alongside his father and brother, because the same could happen again to another family.

Many tanks now being built are eight feet in depth and are impossible for a person to get out if they fall in.

There needs to be an escape route out of these tanks and possibly a compulsory lifebuoy put beside them to aid a recovery if someone falls in.

Even a set of steps or some escape route should be devised to aid escape if a person is alone when they fall in.

If all else fails, then the depth of these tanks should be reduced to six feet to make it possible for a person to reach the top of the tank to aid escape.

Make no mistake about it, this can happen again.

And it might, if regulation isn’t looked at, and escape routes aren’t devised.

Michael Flynn

Carrick-on-Suir

Co Waterford