Two companies have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations after a worker miraculously survived being dragged through a five inch gap in a machine.
Compass Engineering Ltd and Kaltenbach Ltd were prosecuted after Matthew Lowe sustained horrific injuries when he was dragged through a machine for processing heavy steel beams at a factory in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, in December 2008.
Mr Lowe, now aged 25, ruptured his stomach and bowel, broke his back in two places, shattered his pelvis and fractured both hips, his right arm and several ribs when he all bar his head was dragged through the five inch gap.
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Compass Engineering Ltd and Kaltenbach Ltd were prosecuted after Matthew Lowe sustained horrific injuries when he was dragged through a machine for processing heavy steel beams at a factory in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, in December 2008.
Mr Lowe, now aged 25, ruptured his stomach and bowel, broke his back in two places, shattered his pelvis and fractured both hips, his right arm and several ribs when he all bar his head was dragged through the five inch gap.
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