Ruling due after man lost fingers in saw

Judgment may be given today in a case brought by a carpenter who lost two fingers when his hand was caught in an industrial saw.

Mr Justice Michael Twomey heard the last of the evidence yesterday at the High Court sitting in Cork. He adjourned the matter until today for judgment or to indicate when judgment would be ready to be given.

Shuttering carpenter Antoni Jamroziewicz, aged 52, of Caherdavin, Co Limerick, testified during his case this week that he was about to cut a metre length of timber from a 1.5m plank when he lost his balance and fell forward. His left hand went into the saw and part of his index and ring fingers were severed from his hand. It was not possible to restore these fingers.