Hicksons chemical spill Company pleads guilty Profits came first

andrew
Mon, 03 Oct 1994 15:38:29 +0000
Pollution, Workplace safety, Workplace, Cork, Newspaper, News, Kevin Doyle

HICKSON PHARMACHEM, the company at the centre of last year's explosion and fire in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, pleaded guilty in July to three charges of negligence and improper handling of hazardous chemical substances. The result of this negligence was a major industrial accident in the harbour area of Cork, which very nearly caused a major contamination and deaths.