JLR fined almost £1m after worker hurt

The worker had been carrying out checks on the tracks when two other vehicles collided.

Birmingham Crown Court has fined Jaguar Land Rover £900,000 after an employee’s leg was crushed at its plant in Solihull in 2015.

The worker had been carrying out checks on the tracks when two other vehicles collided ­– one crushed the worker’s leg, resulting in an above knee amputation.

A jury at Birmingham Crown Court convicted Jaguar Land Rover of breaching health and safety regulations and the judge ordered the company to pay a £900,000 fine alongside £49,864 costs.

Unite’s assistant general secretary for legal services Howard Beckett said: “This is a shocking case. We will be supporting our member through his compensation claim but the fact remains that he has lost a limb due to the negligence of the company and no money will change that.

“Unite Legal Services will continue to fight to get our member the maximum compensation to help him rehabilitate and return to as independent a life as possible,” he added.