Worker feared job loss if safety concerns voiced

A concrete company employee whose co-worker died said he had safety concerns but feared he would lose his job if he voiced them, an inquest has heard.

Barry Gargan, from Piercetown, Dunboyne, Co Meath, was crushed beneath a cleaning arm inside a safety cage containing production machinery at a Kilsaran concrete plant in Meath on September 6, 2011.

The company was fined €1m at the Court of Appeal in relation to the man’s death last month.