Newton Aycliffe worker crushed in machine

Jul 10 2009 by Nicola Juncar, The Journal

A WORKER died after becoming trapped in machinery at a steel products factory which supplies car parts to Porsche and BMW.

An investigation has been launched after the 52-year-old was killed in an accident at the Thyssenkrupp Tallent factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, on Wednesday afternoon.

The Journal understands, the man was crushed in a machine.

The employee, who is from Newton Aycliffe, has not yet been named. But his relatives have been informed.

Emergency services were called to the factory, on the Aycliffe Industrial Park, at around 5.20pm, following the accident, in the press shop.

Paramedics found the employee trapped in machinery, but he was still breathing and conscious at the time and firefighters worked to free him.

Ambulance crews attempted to stabilise and resuscitate the patient until 6pm. But he died at the scene. A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service explained: “We received a call at 5.23pm reporting that somebody was trapped in a machine at a pressing plant. We were on the scene within a couple of minutes. The patient was breathing and conscious when we arrived although he was fighting for breath.

“But he passed away at the scene and his body was taken to Darlington mortuary.”

The press shop was closed for the afternoon and night shift workers were sent home.