Tata Motors-owned JLR fined £900,000 after worker lost leg in UK unit

JLR has since introduced a buffer zone to reduce the risk of a similar accident

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was on Friday fined £900,000 after a worker lost his leg in an accident, described as "completely avoidable" by a court, at one of the company's United Kingdom (UK) factories nearly two years ago.

A trial at Birmingham Crown Court was told that the delivery driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into another car at JLR's Solihull plant in the West Midlands region of England in February 2015.

The worker was crushed between two vehicles and his right leg had to be amputated.

"A worker has been left with life-changing injuries that