Gardaí and HSA investigate worker’s death in Cork

Two separate investigations are under way following the early morning death of a man in an industrial incident in a factory on the outskirts of Cork City.

The man, 35, who was originally from the Douglas area of the city but who, it is understood, had been living in West Cork, suffered fatal injuries when he was caught in a machine at the Architectural and Metal Systems (AMS) plant at Wallingstown in Little Island, at about 1.30am yesterday.

Yesterday’s fatality brought to 27 the number of work-related deaths so far this year. There were 56 work-related fatalities reported to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in 2015, with 55 in 2014.