A man has died in an industrial accident in Belfast Harbour Estate.
It is understood the man became trapped under machinery.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service says they were called to the McCaughey Road on Stormont Wharf just before 8.30am on Tuesday.
The rapid response crew, A&E crew and doctor attended. No-one was taken from the scene.
A spokesperson for Belfast Harbour has confirmed that the Health and Safety Executive is at the scene and next of kin have been informed.
A man has died following an industrial accident at Belfast harbour this morning.
It is understood that the victim was trapped under machinery in the Stormont Wharf area.
A spokesman for Belfast Harbour said: “Belfast Harbour can confirm that there was an incident this morning on Stormont Wharf and that a fatality has occurred.
“The Health and Safety Executive is at the scene and next of kin have been informed.”
A Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Spokesperson said: "NIFRS received a call at 8.20am this morning to attend an incident at Stormont Wharf, McCaughey Road, Duncrue, Belfast.
"Fire Appliances from Whitla and Central Fire Stations are in attendance. The Health & Safety Executive and Ambulance Service are also at the incident.
"The incident is on-going."
You go to work and expect to come home to your family. R.I.P Fellow Docker
Having worked on the wharf I felt at the time there was a great health and safety risk put on the dock workers. Hoppers and cranes where outdated and of poor quality.
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Any injury or fatality that is down to cost cutting should be considered as corporate manslaughter. Take a smaller slice of your dividend or maybe just a 1% cut in your slaery to let the men & women of the Dockers world earn their living in a safe environment.
ReplyDeleteAs a Health & Safety Consultant, who has worked in the docks, I think it is very unfair to assume that the Employer chose not to invest money into Health & Safety and instead was more concerned about the bottom line. Let HSENI complete an investigation to determine the root cause of the fatality first, before accusing a company for Corporate Manslaughter. It is very easy to promote blame sitting on the other side of a Computer, without any reasonable cause to back it up!!!!! Very sad news on the death of this person, my thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
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