Machinery firm JCB has been fined £25,000 over a 2013 incident that has left worker Roger Pearce unable to work to this day.

The 56-year-old was crushed while installing a mirror arm on a telescoping lifting vehicle after bosses failed to check the safety implications of a new floor layout.

A colleague testing steering accidentally crushed a kneeling Mr Pearce between a wheel and the bodywork, causing damage to his spine, bladder and kidney.

He is still having treatment for the injuries.

HSE inspector David Brassington described it as a “preventable incident.”

He said: “JCB had allowed the introduction of a serious hazard and failed to assess the risk from this change.”

Judge Jack McGarva added that the firm’s health and safety checks had fallen “well below the standard that could reasonably be expected.”

He ordered JCB to pay a £120 surcharge and £1,390.12 in costs alongside the fine in a hearing on Wednesday.