The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will carry out a two week quarry safety inspection campaign commencing today. The focus of the campaign is on safe machinery operation, machinery guarding and maintenance activities. In the ten year period 2013-2022 Quarrying, Mining and the associated manufacturing activities in the industry accounted for 8 work-related fatalities in […]
‘Quarry needs to be examined with fine tooth comb’
DEPUTY Pádraig Mac Lochlainn says he was astonished to learn that no forensic examination has been conducted of a quarry thought to be at the heart of the defective block scandal. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking following a meeting of the Joint Housing Committee. It was convened to discuss a recent audit of block makers in Donegal. Advertisement Nine sites were […]