Carpenter's hand disfigurement led to stress and social anxiety

A Polish carpenter who had two fingers cut off by an industrial saw during the construction of the Limerick tunnel continues to suffer stress and social anxiety about the disfigurement of his hand, a doctor said at the High Court yesterday.

In the case taken by Antoni Jamroziewicz, aged 52, of Caherdavin, Co Limerick, Dr David Walsh gave evidence that the plaintiff had suffered increased stress and social anxiety because of the injury to his left hand.

While the doctor told Tom Creed, senior counsel for the plaintiff, that he would expect this to improve in time, he anticipated that Mr Jamroziewicz would continue to have down days and anxiety.