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A 37-year-old woman was left paralysed after being crushed by a section of a wind turbine at Siemens' offshore manufacturing site in Hull.
The incident occurred as the worker and a colleague were working on the pre-cast section of the web, which sits at the root end of the blade where it connects to the rotor, before additional materials are added during the build process.
The section, which weighs approximately 800kg, fell towards them after the support poles that had been holding the structure in place were removed.
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