Fires, faulty alarms, acid spills, and gas leaks — Stryker staff raising safety concerns for years

A protected disclosure made to the Health and Safety Authority by six workers identifies a number of incidents in 2019 and 2020. Eoin English and Aoife Moore report

Stryker's Springhill site. Workers at the company’s three sites in East Cork have been raising safety concerns for almost three years.

Workers at Stryker’s three sites in East Cork have been raising safety concerns for almost three years. The American multinational medical technology company is a major employer in Cork and Limerick.

However, a fire and evacuation of the Tullagreen site in Carrigtwohill in East Cork on August 6 and 7, 2020, was the final straw for staff.