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Stock firm fined £80k after worker suffers fractured skull

Employee left with 'horrific injuries' after telehandler bucket becomes detached

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A worker suffered a fractured skull and several 'horrific injuries' after being hit by a telehandler
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A worker suffered a fractured skull and several 'horrific injuries' after being hit by a telehandler

A Defra-approved stock removal company has been fined £80,000 after an employee sustained ‘horrific injuries' at its site in Scotland. The worker, employed by Glasgow firm Grayshill, had been removing...

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