Siptu write to Stryker CEO with safety concerns after another fire at Cork plant

Siptu urges Stryker’s US-based CEO to step in after a fire at one of its Cork plants reignites safety concerns

Emergency vehicles on site at Stryker in Tullagreen, East Cork, on Wednesday. Picture: Damian Coleman 

Fresh health and safety concerns have been raised about Stryker’s operations in Cork after another fire at one of its facilities.

Trade union Siptu, which has been raising concerns about the company’s approach to health and safety for several years, has now written directly to the firm’s chief executive in the US after the fire at one of its Cork plants this week.