TimesLive reports that a 30-year-old man died after he was crushed by machinery at a factory in Springs‚ east of Johannesburg, on Wednesday.  

Netcare 911 indicated that it responded to reports of an industrial incident in Nuffield‚ Springs.  It added:  “Reports from the scene indicated that a 30-year-old male factory worker got caught in machinery which crushed him from the waist up.”  The man was assessed at the scene by an advanced life support paramedic and was found to have no signs of life.  He was declared dead at the scene.  The authorities will be investigating.

• This short report by Nomahlubi Jordaan is at TimesLive

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