Woman goes deaf from fish fingers

Woman goes deaf from fish fingers

''I'm only 56. It's just not right.''

A woman has been awarded a four-figure sum in compensation after being deafened by fish fingers.

Sheila Atkinson was left partially deaf after making the breaded snack in a factory for 13 years surrounded by noisy machinery.

The 56-year-old woman claims she was never offered ear defenders to do her job and had to start using a hearing aid in 2009 following tests.

She said: ''I'm only 56. It's just not right.''

Sheila now works in a different part of the factory.


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