Worker dies after becoming entangled in crushing machine

AN investigation has been launched after a man was killed in a crushing machine accident at a quarry in County Donegal, the 25th workplace fatality this year.

Noel Heaney, 25, died after becoming entangled in the machine in Ballintra. He is the second person to die in a work-related accident this week.

A separate investigation has been launched into a second accident at another site in Donegal, after a man badly damaged his arm on a conveyor belt.