A worker has been injured in an industrial accident at a North-east engineering firm.

Emergency services were alerted at around 11.40am about an incident at the Score Group's Glenugie Engineering Works in Peterhead on Wednesday morning.

Paramedics, police officers, 11 firefighters and Score staff managed to rescue the worker, Health and Safety Executive staff have now begun an investigation into the incident

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were asked to attend by the ambulance to assist with the rescue of a person involved in an industrial accident at Score.

“Firefighters and the staff on site managed to rescue them.”

A Police Scotland spokeswoman added: “We were made aware of an industrial accident at Score in Peterhead. We’re assisting with ambulance and fire crews and HSE are attending.”

The man was left with broken bones after a valve assembly rolled over the worker, who is now not believed to be in a life-threatening condition.

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