Inquest hears of fall from scaffold

A building worker suffered severe head injuries when he fell from scaffolding, an inquest at Dublin City Coroner's Court was …

A building worker suffered severe head injuries when he fell from scaffolding, an inquest at Dublin City Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Mr Patrick O'Kane (34), of Kilcock, Co Kildare, received the injuries on a building site at Killnacourt, Portarlington, on July 24th last. He died at Beaumont Hospital on July 28th. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.