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A gearbox manufacturer has been fined £180,000 after a worker was crushed by a 740kg slab of metal at its Rochdale plant, and later died from his injuries.

Nigel Lindley, an employee at Renold Power Transmission Ltd, was assembling a large metal gear case at a factory on Station Road in Milnrow when one of the sides collapsed on him. Further information:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2011/coi-nw-09renold.htm?ebul=hsegen&cr=4/31-may-11