Limerick City and County Council fined €75,000 following fatal employee accident

摘要

Limerick City and County Council has been fined €75,000 following a fatal incident at the Limerick City and County Council Machinery Yard, Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick on 14 April 2015.The accident occurred when an employee was passing through an automatic gate in the machinery yard when the gate closed on him and he sustained fatal injuries.The Council pleaded guilty to three charges, including under:1. Section 8(2)(c)(ⅱ) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, in that they failed to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of employees, by ensuring so far as was reasonably practicable the design, provision and maintenance of a safe means of access to and egress from the said place of work.