RNN media information for journalists and the press - Press Releases - Preston steel firm in court over employee's drilling injuries - Regional News Network: A Preston steel firm has been sentenced after one of its employees suffered serious internal injuries when he became trapped in an industrial drilling machine.
Joseph Spencer narrowly avoided being paralysed when a rotating drill passed through his overalls and jeans, and became lodged close to his spine.
The 45-year-old sustained long-term injuries including a split bowel, twisted pelvis and nerve damage to his right hand. He is also being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder.
His employer, Leach Structural Steel Work Ltd, was prosecuted by the e
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the incident at its factory on Garstang Road in Claughton on Brock on 29 November 2010.
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