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Waterford meat factory fined after life-changing injuries to worker
By Eoghan Dalton
A meat factory worker in Waterford was left with a bleed on the brain and can no longer tend to himself after a workplace accident.
As well as the bleed, father-of-three John Elliot (51) suffered a fractured skull after the accident at Dawn Pork and Bacon on November 19, 2019.
Elliot, from Larchville, Waterford city, now wears a body brace full-time – including when sleeping – and needs help washing himself or when using the toilet.
As a result of the case, which was brought by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), the company was convicted and fined a total of €4,900 and must pay costs of €3,300 to Elliot, who was represented by Halley Solicitors at Waterford District Court in the past week.