Fall death ‘preventable’ – widow

Obel Tower artist's impressionMr Freil was working on the 88.31 metre high tower

An inquest jury has found that a man who was working on the construction of Belfast’s tallest building died after he fell through an unprotected void.

Jonathan Friel, 35, fell three floors through a void when plywood gave way under him at the Obel Tower in in 2008.

The inquest heard that the void was not fenced off by a guard rail.

Fernwave Limited were fined £30,000 after it admitted three breaches of health and safety legislation in relation to Mr Friel death.

The construction company were fined in May 2010 and has since been liquidated.

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