£200,000 out of court settlement for work accident

A man who lost part of his fingers when his hand was sucked into a rotating metal blade at work has received £200,000 in an out of court settlement. The man in his thirties had been working as a service engineer at the time, which involved repairing and servicing industrial plant diesel engines. He was servicing a diesel generator at a farm in Kent. As he was testing the generator he noticed a wire-meshed guard, fitted specifically to protect the operator from a fast-rotating metal fan, was visibly vibrating.