'Standards are on the floor': Stryker staff allege health and safety issues at Cork sites

A photograph, seen by the 'Irish Examiner', shows a warning sign informing staff that a machine was faulty, and would not be fixed for a number of months. It asked staff to exercise caution due to risks of "radiation leaks"

A protected disclosure (PD) from staff at Stryker Corporation, an American multinational which has sites in Cork and Limerick, details a list of accidents, incidents and injuries at its three locations in Carrigtwohill, East Cork, including Springhill and Tullagreen

Workers at a Cork medical equipment plant have warned a major accident is inevitable after a number of incidents where employees were hospitalised, injured or left sick.

A protected disclosure (PD) from staff at Stryker Corporation, an American multinational which has sites in Cork and Limerick, details a list of accidents, incidents and injuries at its three locations in Carrigtwohill, East Cork, including Springhill and Tullagreen. These include: