Cork farmer sues over 'absolutely horrific' injury after hand gets trapped in combine harvester

A 35-year-old Cork farmer whose hand was sucked into a combine harvester as he tried to free grain clogging up the machine has sued in the High Court.

Gearoid Hurley today told the court after his hand became trapped he was screaming in pain. His employer tried to manually reverse the mechanism with a wrench but was unsuccessful and it was nearly an hour before his hand was freed after firemen cut through the auger of the machine.