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A meat processing company has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a cleaner's head was cut off in a giant blender.
DeliCo Ltd was found to be in breach of health and safety laws when worker Lynda Trebilock was fatally injured, a court heard.
Mrs Trebilcock was inspecting a blender used to mix four tonnes of meat when she crouched beneath the machine to inspect a flap, where the load is discharged, to ensure it was clean.
But the flap closed suddenly with substantial force acting like a pair of 'scissors' cutting off the top of her head above the eyebrows.
Two colleagues working at the DeliCo Ltd plant in Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes, Bucks., heard her scream and found her lying on her back on the floor.
She died from serious head injuries.
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