An Iarnród Éireann employee working on a railway track near Cork city had to dive to the ground to allow a maintenance vehicle to pass over him to avoid serious injury, an investigation has revealed.
The incident occurred on the Cork-Cobh railway line on July 6, 2020 while a maintenance crew was relaying track and carrying out repair work to a bridge between Woodhill and Tivoli.
A report by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit highlighted how the railway engineer felt something striking his back while he was on the track and instinctively decided to "go to ground."
