Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Tomasz Orzel

1 report across 1 case, 8 Apr 2024 to 8 Apr 2024

Victim: Tomasz Orzel, manTomasz Orzel

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Health and safety breach causing death
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 8 Apr 2024 to 8 Apr 2024
Outlets
thejournal.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Thorntons Recycling fined €60,000 over safety breach causing death in Tallaght Health and safety breach causing death · Co. Dublin

    Tomasz Orzel, a man, was struck by a truck while collecting bins in Dún An Oir Estate, Old Bawn, Tallaght, on 19 March 2020 and killed. The vehicle, operated by Padraig Thornton Waste Disposal Limited trading as Thorntons Recycling, had a defective proximity sensor switch that had been interfered with and footboards in bad condition. A representative for the company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 8(1) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and contravening Regulation 31C. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court fined the company €60,000 in April 2024.

    Sentenced, 8 Apr 2024Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Tomasz Orzel, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 8 Apr2024
    Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Thorntons Recycling fined €60,000 over safety breach causing death in Tallaght
    Thorntons Recycling fined €60k for health and safety breaches after death of employee
    victim, Tomasz Orzel, maleTomasz Orzel

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