Tánaiste Micheál Martin has called for Stryker, a major employer in the Cork region, to ensure the safety of all workers in its complexes, following an industrial accident at one of its plants. A father of three suffered burn and blast injuries in a mini explosion at the Anngrove plant. Speaking in the Dáil, Martin stressed the need for every employee to be safe, regardless of the company’s status as a significant local employer. Sinn Féin TD for East Cork, Pat Buckley, revealed he passed on a “very large” protected disclosure about Stryker to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and to Leo Varadkar, the former tánaiste and enterprise minister, last year. He said this included concerns over titanium dust and fires. He called for a full safety review going back to 2019. Minister for State at the Department of Enterprise, Neale Richmond, said Stryker was cooperating with the HSA’s independent investigation.
