Employer had failed to provide adequate manual handling training

Personal injuries - injury to back caused by lifting pallet of goods at employer's distribution centre - adequacy of manual handling training - rate of work required of plaintiff - plaintiff's evidence - two previous back injuries - training material signed by plaintiff - understanding of english language at time of training - evidence from eye-witness to incident - plaintiff's expert evidence of engineer - 'pick rate' as a contributing factor - statutory health and safety duties on defendant - defendant's evidence by way of a former 'picker' at employer's premises - amount of work allocated to plaintiff - defendant's engineering evidence - plaintiff demonstrated correct lifting techniques at joint engineering inspection - central issue - adequacy of training provided to plaintiff - plaintiff's truthful evidence on not being shown how to turn correctly with load in hand - unsafe turning technique was caused by defendant's lack of adequate training and thus no contributory negligence attributed to plaintiff - quantum - extent of injuries - medical evidence - considerable employment disadvantage arising from the plaintiff's injuries - actuary's report - loss of future pension contributions under an occupational scheme will not be set against the 'Reddy v Bates' deduction - no scheme figures provided to court - judgment granted in the amount of €153,150.00