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Factory worker had arm amputated, court told
Western Mail
|December 02, 2025
A FACTORY worker was forced to have his arm amputated after it was the only way to free his limb from machinery, a court heard.
Kepak Group Limited has gone on trial accused of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its employees.
It is alleged that on and before February 19, 2021, at its Penygarnddu Industrial Estate, Merthyr Tydfil base, being an employer, the company "failed to ensure, so far as was reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all its employees, including Liam Haydon, in relation to the risks arising from the operation, cleaning and maintenance of the Speco Solids-Liquids Separation machine".
Opening the case for the prosecution, Alan Fuller explained how Mr Haydon, who was 22 at the time, was forced to have his left arm amputated as a result of the incident, which happened on February 16, 2021.
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