Worker loses toes

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The consortium which built the Queensferry Crossing has been fined £10,000 over a botched heavy lifting operation which resulted in a worker being seriously injured. A crane mat came crashing down on to the foot of 49-year-old slinger Desmond Flett, resulting in him having five toes amputated. The heavy load flattened the steel toe-cap of Mr Flett’s boot.

Dunfermline Press