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Damages for leg crush injury

A woman who was forced to take six months off work after her leg was crushed in a workplace accident has received £14,500 in compensation. She needed surgery following the accident at a tissue manufacturer. She was attempting to move a 250 kg reel of polythene onto an electric trolley when it fell off onto her leg crushing her calf muscles.

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