A firm has been fined £200,000 after a warehouse worker was crushed by a 700kg crate. The 29-year suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured vertebra in the accident at PSV Glass and Glazing Limited in Middleton.
The man was injured as he moved the crate of glass with the help of a workmate on June 16, 2021. They placed the crate on the top of a set of skates intending to push it across the warehouse at Stakehill Industrial Estate.
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