A construction company is being prosecuted over the death of one its workmen in an incident involving a forklift truck in February 2008.
Graham Construction faces four charges connected to an incident at an apartment block development at the former Ormeau Bakery site in Belfast. A decision to bring a prosecution was taken following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) .
The Dromore-based company has been accused of failing to provide a safe work environment and, if convicted, could face an unlimited fine.
The death of the 52-year-old victim was the second such Irish construction site death in a single day. The other man was fatally injured after he got trapped under the wheel of a vehicle while working on a building site at Dublin Airport. It is understood the man was initially struck by a small bulldozer on the apron of the runway at the front of the old terminal building.
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