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| Man killed in landfill accident | Man killed in landfill accident |
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| A man has died in an accident at Belfast City Council's landfill site at Dargan Road in the north of the city. | |
| The alarm was raised shortly after 1500 BST. Police, fire and rescue service and an ambulance were called to the site on the shores of Belfast Lough. | |
| The man, whose name has not been released, is understood to have been dumping rubbish for a private contractor when the incident occurred. | |
| It is believed the man was trapped under rubble. | |
| The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation. | |
| 'Tremendous efforts' | |
| Belfast councillor Jim Rodgers said the man had sunk after standing on rubbish. | Belfast councillor Jim Rodgers said the man had sunk after standing on rubbish. |
| "Tremendous efforts were made by council employees to save him and the emergency services also arrived, but sadly he died," Mr Rodgers said. | "Tremendous efforts were made by council employees to save him and the emergency services also arrived, but sadly he died," Mr Rodgers said. |
| "My thoughts and prayers are with his immediate family circle. This is an absolutely terrible tragedy. | "My thoughts and prayers are with his immediate family circle. This is an absolutely terrible tragedy. |
| "It's the first I can ever recall at the council's north foreshore landfill site." | "It's the first I can ever recall at the council's north foreshore landfill site." |