Latest: Contractor injured at Limerick cement plant
A spokesperson for Irish Cement has confirmed that despite earlier reports, no one was trapped in an elevator on its plant in Mungret, Co Limerick.
"Emergency services attended Mungret factory this morning when a contractor working on site suffered a leg injury," the statement read.
"The individual has been taken to hospital for treatment."
Emergency services are responding to a report of a person trapped in an elevator at the Irish Cement Ltd plant in Mungret, Co Limerick.
Sources have confirmed three units of the Limerick City and County Fire and Rescue Service are at the scene dealing with an incident.
In a separate incident, last July, a contract worker at the plant was injured after he fell two feet from a silo onto scaffolding.
