CGA Technology has been engaged in a number of trials with fire services since the end of 2016. We started with Mayo Fire Brigades vehicle inspection management and have now extended to Wicklow, Clare and Kildare with interest from several others. Some suppliers such as HPMP are on board with trials to find ways of…
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It was great exhibiting at Hillhead 2018 last week. We thoroughly enjoyed speaking with everyone who approached our stand over the three days. It was our first time attending an event like Hillhead and definitely not the last! Straight away it was evident that the Flex System would be of huge benefit to the Quarry…
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A man has died in a workplace incident in Cork yesterday. It is understood he was working on a farm in Coachford near Macroom when a trench caved in. The remains of the man have been removed to Cork University Hospital. It is understood that he was involved in the excavation of a deep drainage…
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The number of workplace deaths in Northern Ireland has risen by more than 30 per cent in the past year, it has emerged. Investigators at the Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) confirmed that 16 people were killed doing their job during 2016/17 compared with 12 the previous year. Farming related accidents were linked to six…
Read articleA 33 year old man has died in an industrial accident in Co Wexford. Gardaí are investigating the incident, which occurred at Foulksmills, New Ross at around 12.30pm last Tuesday. Gardaí said the man was working at a grain store tank and appears to have been overcome by fumes. Medical assistance was administered, but the…
Read articleThe Health and Safety Authority (The Authority) has been made aware of passenger lifts installed by Ellickson Engineering Ltd (no longer trading; currently in receivership since 2011) that are marked with the following “CE490” as the identification for the notified body involved in the conformity assessment process. The Authority wishes to advise all lift owners…
Read articleA father is fighting for life after both he and his 11-year-old son fell from a farming vehicle yesterday afternoon. The 47-year-old man was airlifted to Tallaght hospital after the accident in Shinrone, Co Offaly. He was later transferred to Beaumont hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Gardaí say officers in Shinrone,…
Read articleA scaffolding company has been up in court after a worker fractured his skull in a fall and lost his sight in one eye. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of RJ Scaffolding (Bristol) Ltd had to be put into an induced coma for two weeks after falling more than six metres from the…
Read articlePolice have charged a man after a worker died following an incident on a Springfield Lakes construction site earlier this year. A 24-year-old Yarrabilba man, Neil Edward Norris, was on Tuesday charged with one count of manslaughter following Workplace Health and Safety investigations. Just before 2pm on April 10, it will be alleged a man…
Read articleHealth and Safety report shows 45 people died in workplace incidents in 2016 Twenty people were killed in accidents on Irish farms last year, more than double the number of workplace fatalities in any other sector. The number of workplace fatalities in the agricultural sector is up from 18 recorded deaths in 2015, according to…
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