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An Aberdeenshire farm has been fined £20,000 after a worker died when his clothing became entangled in machinery.
Adam Currie, 24, was sorting potatoes on a conveyor belt at Mains of Melrose Farm, near Gamrie, on the morning of 13 November 2023.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that a colleague later found Mr Currie wedged under the conveyor belt, with his hood trapped in the roller mechanism.
Police officers and fellow workers gave him CPR before he was flown to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Mr Currie died in hospital three days later.
Melrose Farms, a family-owned potato farming partnership, was fined after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation.
