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A Lincolnshire food company has been fined after an accident at work that left an employee with a broken bone.

QV Foods Ltd, of Manor Farm, Holbeach Hun, was prosecuted and fined £15,000 after a falling crate landed on a worker.

Kings Lynn Magistrates' Court heard how the 43-year-old employee suffered a fractured knee and bruising to her back that led her to be hospitalised.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Judith McNulty-Green said she may not have endured such a serious accident had the company thought through a safe system of work.

"This was an entirely preventable incident, but the company failed to make sure work stations were a safe distance from moving vehicles and materials being handled that might fall," she added.

It comes as Camden Council is fined £72,000 after a child was killed when sections of a wall fell on top of him.

The council was prosecuted for not properly maintaining the wall, which collapsed and killed two-year-old Saurav Ghai in 2007.

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