Scaffolding: Accident highlights dangers of high winds
During a recent inquest at Dublin City Coroner’s Court, it emerged that a report warning of incidents of falling scaffolding had been given to site management days before a man was killed at the site in Finglas.
The inquest heard that despite the contractors being given a copy of the report, no action was taken to prevent the accident. Eddie Fowler (28), of Railway Road, Clongriffin, Donaghmede, had been working as a carpenter when he was fatally injured by a plank which was blown from a scaffold on the site.
The contractor, G&T Crampton, was fined €100,000 by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last July for failing to stop building work during poor weather conditions on the day of Mr Fowler’s death.
Source: Irish Times
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