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25/09/2019
Firm Fined £30k As Pair Injured By Falling Steel Tubes
A Co Antrim firm is faced with a £30,000 fine after two people were seriously injured by falling stainless steel tubes and pipes.
Ballymoney based McAuley Precision Limited pled guilty to three health and safety breaches at Antrim Crown Court after the accident at their premises involving an overloaded racking system.
Both individuals, one of whom was an employee at the firm, suffered a number of serious crush injuries.
HSENI Inspector Lee Dougan said: "The investigation found that the racking was substantially overloaded prior to the accident. The company also failed to make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment regarding the loading of the racking.
"The maximum safe working load and design configuration for any racking installation should be conspicuously displayed and never exceeded. Racking should always be used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
"This incident was entirely foreseeable and could have been avoided if simple control measures had been put in place."
(JG/CM)
Ballymoney based McAuley Precision Limited pled guilty to three health and safety breaches at Antrim Crown Court after the accident at their premises involving an overloaded racking system.
Both individuals, one of whom was an employee at the firm, suffered a number of serious crush injuries.
HSENI Inspector Lee Dougan said: "The investigation found that the racking was substantially overloaded prior to the accident. The company also failed to make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment regarding the loading of the racking.
"The maximum safe working load and design configuration for any racking installation should be conspicuously displayed and never exceeded. Racking should always be used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
"This incident was entirely foreseeable and could have been avoided if simple control measures had been put in place."
(JG/CM)
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