Newsprint firms fined after worker’s leg amputated

Two newsprint firms have been prosecuted after a worker had to have his leg amputated when it became trapped in machinery.

The worker suffered serious injuries to his leg when he was pulled into a conveyor at the premises in Tower Hamlets on 20 August 2007.

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