MUA fined for health and safety failings

Wed, 26 Nov 2014

John Gell died on December 3rd 2012

The sentence has finally been passed in the Manx Utilities Authority case over the death of a Water and Sewerage Authority worker.

The MUA was fined £17,000 for 'failing to discharge its duty' under the Health and Safety at Work Act and told to pay £5,000 worth of costs.

It pleaded guilty to the charge after a wall collapsed on December 3rd 2012 - killing 52-year-old John Gell.

He was carrying out excavation work to replace a water pipe in Peel when it happened.