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ESB to be sentenced in March over work place death
Summary
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) will be sentenced on 9 March after a guilty plea was entered in December for breaching the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. The offence concerns a workplace incident at an ESB substation in Finglas on 15 January 2013, where a 38 kW indoor cubicle (T142) lacked a visual warning sign, leading to the death of employee Shane Conlon. The case is now before the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the hearing expected to last one hour.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: ESB to be sentenced in March over work place death. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 15, 2013 Incident
- March 9 Incident
- 2015-01-16 Publication
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