Former refuse collector withdraws €350k injury claim against Panda Waste

The former binman said after the incident he was “motionless” on the vehicle’s floor in “very very severe pain”

Krysztof Owsianka claimed he has been prevented from returning to work due to neck and spinal injuries suffered after being thrust upwards from his seat and hitting his head off a structure on the Panda Waste vehicle’s roof. File picture: Jason Clarke

A former worker with a bin collection company has withdrawn his High Court action seeking €350,000 in lost earnings due to injuries he allegedly sustained when the refuse truck in which he was a passenger drove over a speed ramp.

Krysztof Owsianka, 48, brought a case against the operator of Panda Waste claiming he has been prevented from returning to work due to neck and spinal injuries suffered after being thrust upwards from his seat and hitting his head off a structure on the vehicle’s roof.