Johnson & Johnson appeal €944,000 awarded to former hurler for workplace injury 

Mark Keane was injured while freeing a colleague who was trapped in a machine at the Johnson & Johnson Vision Care's plant in Plassey, Co Limerick. File picture

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has appealed an award of €944,000 to former Limerick senior hurler Mark Keane over a 2018 workplace incident.

Mr Keane was injured while freeing a colleague who was trapped in a machine at the Johnson & Johnson Vision Care's plant in Plassey, Co Limerick.