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Farm firm fined 拢36,000 after man crushed by hay bales

Worker had to be airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple fractures following stack collapse

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Magistrates ordered a Surrey farm partnership to pay 拢36,000 after a man was trapped by hay bales
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Magistrates ordered a Surrey farm partnership to pay 拢36,000 after a man was trapped by hay bales

A farming partnership in Surrey has been fined 拢36,000 after a worker was seriously injured. Christopher Rolfe from Horsham in West Sussex, suffered multiple fractures when five hay bales, each weighing...

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