Chewing gum factory worker settles High Court action over back injury during abseiling exercise

Tim Healy

A chewing gum factory worker has settled a High Court action over a back injury he says he sustained while doing a company training exercise involving him abseiling from from the cab of a forklift machine at a height of 31 feet.

Declan Kells (47), Hillview Lawns, Pottery Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, claimed Cadbury Ireland Ltd was negligent and in breach of health and safety over the accident on June 13, 2007, when he allegedly injured his back during an exercise involving emergency evacuation from a high level forklift.