Rescue crews free steelman caught in machine

A STEELWORKER was rescued after becoming trapped in machinery.

The man, thought to be in his 30s, was stuck between a metal bar and wall at Tata Steel’s Thrybergh Bar Mill on Doncaster Road, Dalton, this morning.

Fire crews from Rotherham freed the man and with paramedics, carried him down six flights of stairs in an evacuation chair at about 6.10am.

A fire service spokeswoman said the man had back and pelvic injuries which were not thought to be serious.

She added: “He had got stuck between a metal wall and a metal bar, he was released from that quite easily but sustained some injuries.

“He’s just started a shift, it’s thought the machinery moved and he was in the way.

“We liased with the ambulance service and carried him all the way to the bottom level..”