Contractor dies at factory

A CONTRACTOR died in an “industrial accident” at Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant.

A spokesman for the car giant said it was “deeply saddened” by the incident, which took place at around 3pm on Sunday.

West Midlands Air Ambulance was called to the factory, in Lode Lane, but the 38-year-old victim, Joseph McDonald, died later.

It is believed he suffered a cardiac arrest as ambulance crews arrived at the factory, which builds Land Rovers supplied across Europe and beyond.

Chloe Haynes, a spokesman for Jaguar Land Rover, said: “We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of one of our contractors. Our thoughts are with his family.

“We are fully co-operating with the investigation.”

The Health and Safety Executive has taken over the case.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The ambulance service arrived to find Jaguar Land Rover staff administering CPR. Ambulance staff and the medics took over but sadly, despite the best efforts of everyone on scene, nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead a short time later.”

It is not the first time tragedy has struck at Lode Lane, JLR was fined £900,000 after one of its workers was crushed between two cars at the Solihull plant last September. The victim lost a leg as a result.