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JCB World HQ takes a hit from a mini tornado

Thu 17 Nov 2016

JCB World HQ takes a hit from a mini tornado

Hurricane force winds tore into the side of the factory where backhoe loaders are produced at the World HQ in Rocester, Staffordshire, causing a wall to collapse and windows to fall to the ground.  Production was suspended for 30 minutes while safety checks were carried out. Clear up operations then began and the area beyond the wall declared safe for production to continue. No-one was injured in the incident and the area has now been cordoned off. a-jcb-backhoe-comes-off-the-production-line JCB Backhoe Assembly Manager Richard Williams, of Stramshall, near Uttoxeter, said: “I was about 30 yards away at the time and I heard an enormous crash. I turned around and saw the wall and the windows had come out and a big whirlwind of leaves and branches blowing around outside. Luckily no-one was in the vicinity at the time.” 15039587_10154724503252421_3491396332165296875_o A JCB spokeman said: “Shortly after midday the skies blackened and powerful winds moved in, literally whipping up big waves on the lake at the front of the factory. Employees who have been here for decades said they had never seen anything like it.”

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