UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigators are probing the second forklift incident in little over a year at a chocolate factory.

According to York Press, a woman is understood to have broken both legs at the Nestlé factory on Wigginton Road in York.

A Nestlé Confectionary UK spokesman said the incident involved a long-serving employee who was driving a forklift as part of her duties.

The HSE had investigated another forklift incident that happened last April. A female employee suffered a crushed leg after being trapped by a pallet truck. Part of her leg was amputated, but she decided not to take any legal action.

In January 2008, the HSE said it had conducted a full and thorough investigation into the incident and no further action would be taken against Nestlé or any individual.

A factory employee told York Press that the staff had been shocked to hear about the latest incident. He believed the accident had occured in a KitKat manufacturing area.