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International health and safety - In court articles

A mining company has been fined €100,000 over the death of a worker inside a lead and zinc mine in Ireland.

A firm of consulting engineers and its senior project engineer have been cleared of failing to design a safe system of work by not designing an adequate support system for landings and staircases.

Berkshire-based Mowlem Railways, part of £2bn construction giant Mowlem, was fined a total of £75,000 at Belfast Crown Court on 10 March, the largest-ever fine in Northern Ireland for a breach of workplace health and safety legislation.

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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