Plumber and firm on trial in hotel gas death

Plumber and firm on trial in hotel gas death

Friday, October 04, 2013

A plumber and his firm were yesterday sent for trial on separate charges to a circuit criminal court following the carbon monoxide poisoning, 18 months ago, of a hotel guest in Kinsale, Co Cork.

Richard Davis: Faces charge of manslaughter

By Eddie Cassidy

He is a director of Davis Plumbing and Heating Contractors Ltd, with an address at Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Rd, Cork. The company, separately, was also sent forward for trial to the sittings of Cork Circuit Criminal Court, which begin on Oct 30.

Both Mr Davis and the company face charges under the 2005 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act.

The charges against the company state that, in undertaking work at the Trident Hotel in the conversion of a Worchester Bosch Greenstar 40CDI boiler, it failed to ensure individuals, who were not employees, were not exposed to risks under the 2005 safety, health and welfare Act.

A second charge states that Miriam Reidy suffered personal injuries and died as a consequence of the company breaching its duties under the legislation.

Mr Davis, along with the manslaughter charge, is accused of breaches under the safety, health and welfare act which were attributable to connivance or neglect on his part.

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Plumber and firm on trial in hotel gas death