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Six-figure settlement for hand crush

A man has agreed a six-figure settlement after an accident at work left him with severe injuries. He suffered the accident at work, whilst assisting two colleagues to move a heavy piece of equipment at his employer’s premises. The equipment was hanging from a fork of a forklift and he was standing to one side to steady the equipment when one of the forks became detached and fell, hitting his left hand.

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