Two people, one of which was an employee, sustained serious injuries after stainless steel tubes / pipes fell on them from an overloaded Cantilever racking system.
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The Ballymoney-based company pleaded guilty to three health and safety breaches at Antrim Crown Court.
The investigation found that the racking was substantially overloaded prior to the accident. The company also failed to make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment regarding the loading of the racking. The maximum safe working load and design configuration for any racking installation should be conspicuously displayed and never exceeded.
HSENI Inspector Lee Dougan added: "This incident was entirely foreseeable and could have been avoided if simple control measures had been put in place."
(CM/JG)
