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A factory worker sustained broken ribs injury

A factory worker sustained broken ribs after being trapped on a moving conveyer, while trying to remove a blockage of metal swarf from a conveyor, which was positioned underneath an automatic saw.

The lead is cut on a tipping table, and the excess metal falls on to a conveyor, and is transported to a collection area. A large amount of debris began to build up on the conveyor, causing a blockage, which Mr Shore tried to clear by crawling underneath the machine to brush away thefragments. But he had not isolated the machine, and while he was leaning over the conveyor the tipping table came down on his back and pinned him against a metal bar.

A colleague noticed he was in trouble and switched off the machine, but was unable to free him. Fire-fighters attended the scene and released Mr Shore, who was taken to hospital and received treatment for two cracked ribs and a bruised heart.

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Posted on 14/08/2009

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