Police and HSE are investigating the death of a construction worker whose hands became trapped in machinery

Investigations are continuing into the death of a power station construction worker whose hands became trapped in machinery.

Christopher Longbottom, 32, from the Gloucestershire area, was injured last Friday at the Severn Power construction site next to Uskmouth power station in Nash near Newport.

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He was extricated by fire-fighters and taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, but later died from his injuries.

The £400m gas-fired 80 megawatt (MW) development was approved in August, and is due to be completed in 2010, employing 60 workers.

Gwent police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating the death.