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Farmer fined after worker entangled in potato harvester

A Kent farmer has been fined £4,992 after a worker became entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a potato harvester and suffered multiple injuries. 

Hannah Binns
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A Kent farmer has been fined 4,992 after a worker became entangled in the contra-rotating rollers of a potato harvester and suffered multiple injuries. Alan Down pleaded guilty breaching Regulation...

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