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CLARE County Council is being prosecuted in connection with an accident on a construction site near Tulla in which a man was killed, two-and-a-half years ago.
Six charges are being brought against Clare County Council and eight against the manger of the site, in connection with an accident at a road realignment construction site at or near Lissofin-Cuttenmore Loughan, Tulla, on May 17, 2006.
Thomas O’Grady suffered serious injuries in an accident on that date when the dumper he was operating overran the embankment, throwing him from it. He subsequently died from his injuries.
In the case taken by the National
Authority for Occupational Safety and Health, Clare County Council is accused of failing to manage and conduct work activities and in par- ticular, the operation of dumper ve- hicles at or near an embankment, in such a way as to ensure, SO aS was reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of its em- ployees and were thereby in breach of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act.
The manager of the site, Michael Scully, of Oakwood, Sixmilebridge, faces eight charges, also under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work aoe
The Book of Evidence was served at Ennis District Court last Friday. The case will be heard in the Circuit Court.