Midlands JCB headquarters horror ordeal as 'man trapped under machinery'

A man has been seriously hurt after getting 'trapped under machinery' in a horror workplace ordeal. An air ambulance, police, and firefighters rushed to JCB World Headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire earlier today (Tuesday, October 22).

A rescue operation was launched at the factory, with specialist equipment used to free the worker. The employee, who is in his 20s, was then taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital for treatment.

He is said to have suffered 'life-changing injuries'. Staffordshire Police has since confirmed that the Health and Safety Executive has been informed of an 'industrial incident'.

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The alarm was raised at about 7.30am, StokeonTrentLive reports. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "When ambulance staff arrived they found a man with serious injuries.

"He received trauma care at the scene before being conveyed by land ambulance on blue lights to the Royal Stoke University Hospital for further emergency care." Police are remaining at the scene following the incident.

A Staffordshire Police spokeswoman said: "We were alerted by colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service at 7.30am this morning to attend a business on Station Road in Rocester following reports of an industrial incident. A man, in his 20s, had sustained potentially life-changing injuries to his arm.

"He was taken to hospital by ambulance. Officers remain at the scene. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been informed." Two fire engines, a 'rescue tender', police, an air ambulance, an ambulance, and a paramedic officer were dispatched to the scene.

A Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "We were called to a business on Station Road in Rocester. It was reported that a man had his arm trapped under machinery.

"Two crews and a rescue tender were sent to the scene. Crews used specialist equipment to help lift and support the machinery in order to free the casualty. The casualty, a man in his 20s, was left in the care of West Midlands Ambulance Service."