Reported in British newspaper 8 Sept 1999
A demolition firm was fined 200,000 GBP 'for the grossest neglect' over the
deaths of two Irish workers. Patrick Fraher and William Cummins, both 28, who
plunged eight floors to their deaths, after cutting a hole most of the way
around themselves.
Southwark Crown Court heard neither was wearing the required safety harnesses
and had no chance of saving themselves when the floor in the office block
they were demolishing gave way in January last year (1998). They fell about
100ft and died instantly at the site in Gresham Street, London. Passing
sentence, Judge David Elfer QC said their employer Keltbray Limited's breach
of health and safety regulations amounted to the 'grossest neglect'.
???
Actually, if anyone gets hurt or killed at work here in the U.K., however, it
happens, then it is always the employers own responsibility.
Léon
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