Keywords: Health and Safety, Richard Higgins, DTJ Morris and Sons, Neil Morris, arm, amputated,

Teenager lost arm in unguarded machine

Prosecutions and Claims |
23.04.2008

A teenager had to have his arm amputated below the elbow after his sleeve was caught in the blades of a combine harvester he was helping to maintain, Ludlow magistrates have heard.

In October 2005, 17-year-old Richard Higgins was working for Ludlow farm contractor Neil Morris, of DTJ Morris ...

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