A MAN got his hand stuck in a paper machine at a Blackburn factory.
Paramedics called for officers to attend Accrol Papers Ltd in Davyfield Road, at 7pm on Sunday, after the 25-year-old was injured.
A police spokesman said that the man was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital suffering from ‘non-life-threatening injuries’, and a file would be passed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
There is no longer any police involvement.
A spokesman for HSE said that the incident report had not yet been recieved, and as such, an no investigation into the accident had begun.
A spokesman for Accrol Papers Ltd declined to comment on the incident.
Established in 1993, Accrol Papers Ltd is one of Europe’s largest independent soft tissue converters with manufacturing capacity at the purpose-built plant in Blackbun, in excess of 60,000 tonnes per annum.
Paper products including toilet rolls, kitchen towels and facial tissues.
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