A MAN suffered leg injuries after getting trapped under a drilling machine at work.
The man, believed to be in his thirties, was taken to hospital after the incident which happened at around 4pm on Thursday at the steelworks company James Killelea in Stoneholme Road, Crawshawbooth.
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Initial reports said he had a broken leg.
Police said the details have been passed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) A spokeswoman said: “We were called by the ambulance service at 4.15pm to reports a man was stuck under the roller shutter.
“We attended to secure the scene.
“The man was taken to hospital.”
A spokeswoman for the North West Ambulance Service confirmed the man in his thirties was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital with leg injuries.
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