Judge Keenan Johnson said that it was 'an absolute miracle' the worker was not killed after he fell from seven and a half metres onto a concrete surface
A precast concrete manufacturer has been ordered to pay €125,000 after a worker suffered a skull fracture and multiple other injuries after a seven-metre fall.
The court heard the firm was carrying out works on the roof of one of their buildings at their manufacturing facility at Riverdale in Raharney, on May 12, 2022. However, the worker fell through a skylight, and suffered a fractured base of his skull, as well as further fractures to a wrist, pelvis and part of his tail bone. Costs of approximately €6,000 are also to be paid.
The injured man, a Lithuanian national who worked for the firm for several years, praised his former employers, saying they looked after him while he was off sick. He has moved back to Lithuania but said he would like to work for them again if he returned to Ireland. The court heard he got paid €23,000 while out of work, and the firm paid him €150,000 compensation.
Judge Johnson noted that the company had expanded into the UK and Portugal despite economic downturns, supported causes, and contributed significantly to the economy and local community. He said the firm had an unblemished safety record, treated their staff as "part of the family," and that this incident was clearly an aberration.
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