An Angus worker has received compensation for suffering a crushed leg at work.
Melvin Price, 60, was rushed to Ninewells Hospital when a tarmac chipper rolled on to his left leg and trapped him while working on Roods Road in Kirriemuir.
Police and ambulance teams were at the scene within minutes on November 6 2012, to help the then 55-year-old and he was quickly freed.
After raising legal action against his former employer in April last year, Mr Price, of Arbroath, has now received an undisclosed settlement.
Proceedings originally called at the Court of Session, which at the time only dealt with cases worth £5,000 or more. A spokesman for Tayside Contracts declined to elaborate on the value of the final settlement.
He said: “On the matter of safety improvements, a full investigation and safety review was undertaken at the time of the accident by our safety and training section and put forward no proposals to alter working practices for safety reasons.
“Our workforce can be assured that Tayside Contracts investigates every safety incident and, when required, alters working practices to eliminate any identified hazard.”
He added: “We are happy that the matter has now been settled and wish Mel well for the future.”
It is not known how long the worker had to spend in hospital recovering, but he was said to have suffered “crush-type” injuries to his lower leg.