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Man injured in a forklift accident

Employee of Pete Mellor Ltd of Burton on Trent was repairing a forklift truck which involved removing the counterbalance weight. The 1.8- tonne weight was not supported and it fell off, landing on a self-employed worker who was walking past at the time, crushing the man’s left leg which had to be amputated below the knee.

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