Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority have launched separate investigations after a man was killed in an industrial accident in county Cork, according to a newspaper report.

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The man, thought to be local, is believed to have died following an accident at a scrapyard at Jamesbrook in East Ferry shortly before 9pm last night, according to the Irish Examiner.

Despite fire and ambulance crews arriving soon after the alarm was raised, the 49-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

(NS/BMcC)