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6 Feb 2008

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BreakingNews [Ireland]

Woman traumatised after steel girds penetrate car roof [Ireland]

[Coalport Building] has been fined €50,000 after a woman’s car was crushed by a load of steel mesh grids at a construction site…She received cuts and bruises, suffered severe shock and was badly traumatised by the incident…[The] company accepted responsibility and confirmed that the loading was unsafe. Coalport had fully co-operated with the investigation and safety had been stepped up at the site following a temporary closure.