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Gardaí issue appeal after man is crushed by forklift at Dublin waste plant
The worker died this afternoon at Tallaght Hospital.
Updated 20.15
A MAN HAS died at the Greenstar Recycling waste facility in Ballymount, Dublin in what has been described as a workplace accident.
TheJournal.ie understands the man, who was an employee at the plant, was crushed by a forklift. He was taken to Tallaght Hospital with crush injuries but he died soon after.
The incident occurred just after 3pm today. A second person was also transferred to hospital by ambulance.
Gardaí said they believe the deceased was attended to by four or five persons following the accident. A full post-mortem is expected to take place in the coming days.
An appeal to those people – and to anybody else who was at the South Dublin Civic Amenities Centre on Ballymount Avenue between 2.45pm and 3.30pm today – has been issued by investigating officers.
The Health and Safety Authority and gardaí are investigating but no foul play is suspected.
First published 16.11
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