It was reported locally that a man was inside a machine which was switched on.
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service confirmed to letsrecycle.com today (30 September) that it attended the incident at 7.12am this morning.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it also attended the scene, along with Yorkshire Air Ambulance who transported the man to hospital from the site in Melton.
Transwaste declined to comment at the moment.
Ambulance
A spokesperson for Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: “We received an emergency call to an incident at this location just before 7am this morning.
“Several resources were sent to the scene, including our Hazardous Area Response Team and an air ambulance. One patient was conveyed by the land ambulance to hospital.”
Yorkshire Air Ambulance added: “I can confirm we attended this incident.
“Our Critical Care Team provided on-scene support and the patient was taken to a hospital by land ambulance.”
Transwaste
Leicestershire-based Transwaste operates from its site at Gibson Lane at Melton, which was purpose-built as a waste transfer station.
Over 500,000 tonnes of waste is handled through the facility a year, including bricks, concrete, green waste, wood, plasterboard, plastic, cardboard and metal.
Any residue is turned into either a Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) for heating cement kilns or a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) for use in producing electricity in waste to energy plants.
Transwaste was acquired by Attero in 2018.
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