A horticultural business in Southampton has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker injured his hand on an unguarded machine.
General labourer Edmund Skweres, 52, suffered a deep cut that required 11 stitches in the incident at A E Roberts (Fruitgrower & Nurseryman) Ltd., on Gravel…
A multinational brick making company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he was crushed on a conveyor belt at its Worcestershire factory.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Wienerberger Ltd. following the incident on 19 October 2009 at the company's site…
A Dorset dairy has been prosecuted after an employee was injured when his arm was pulled into a slurry separator.
Andrew James Ray, 47, was cleaning the equipment at the dairy owned by M Hooper and Sons Ltd. in Winterborne Tomson on 2 January 2009.
Weymouth Magistrates' Court heard an unsafe sys…
A Birmingham engineering company has been fined after a man's finger was severed in a tube bending machine.
Robert Cuzick, 53, from Birmingham was working at Hydrapower Dynamics on 24 January 2011 when he put his hand on the machine's clamping arm to restart it.
However, the unguarded metal arm su…
One of the UK's leading printing groups has been fined £112,500 at Peterborough Crown Court after a maintenance engineer was crushed to death in a printing press.
Ian Ebbs, a 43-year-old father of two from Morton, near Bourne in Lincolnshire, was working the night shift at the Wyndeham Peterboro…
A Warwickshire components manufacturer has been fined after a man's hand was badly crushed in a power press.
The 23-year-old agency worker lost two fingers following the incident at Studley firm Ricor Ltd. on 21 July 2011.
Leamington Spa Magistrates' Court heard how the man was removing a complet…
A West Yorkshire manufacturing firm has been fined after an engineer lost part of a finger while test running an unguarded power press.
Metal Closures (Huddersfield) Ltd. was prosecuted after James Hill, a development engineer, was injured while helping to run and de-bug a new production line inc…
Bradford Crown Court has been told that a Halifax man was killed at a Nestle factory because the company failed to implement basic safety measures.
Father of three Nazar Hussain died at food giant Nestle's Albion Mill plant in Bailey Hall Road in December 2008 after a colleague re-started a conve…
A Liverpool bedding firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees had three fingers and a thumb cut off in machinery.
The 32-year-old worker was trying to stop a quilt becoming entangled in a duvet-making machine when the fingers and thumb on her right hand were struck by a blade.
Her employ…
A man had his arm crushed while trying to feed metal sheeting through machinery, Bournemouth Crown Court heard, on 16 February.
David James, 34, of Queensland Road, Weymouth has been unable to return to his job because of the injury which caused him severe pain.
Aden Pro Form Ltd, of Parkstone Road,…
An air conditioning manufacturer has been fined after a man's fingertip was cut off by a circular saw at the company's factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Eaton Williams Group Ltd - which trades under the name of Colman Moducel - following the incident at its …
An international fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries to his left arm at a production plant in Sheffield.
Betafence Ltd. of Shepcote Lane, Sheffield, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for a serious safety breach following an investigation …
A company in Tonypandy has been fined after a worker's arm was impaled by two steel bars.
Allevard Springs Ltd was prosecuted for failing to adequately prevent the risk of injury to employees using machinery after Steven Rowe was seriously injured while operating a machine at the firm's Clydach Va…
Two companies have been fined after a worker at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire suffered a broken foot when a 13kg weight dropped nearly four metres from an overhead crane.
A mechanical fitter, from Scunthorpe, had been operating the 21-ton crane with a colleague and needed it to change dir…
Following a number of recent news items about prosecutions for machinery related workplace injuries, I'd like to remind my visitors that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides valuable advice on what you can do to eliminate or reduce the risks from work equipment.
The HSE's free-to-downl…
A door-making firm has been fined after a Derbyshire machine operator suffered severe and permanent hand injuries.
Hugo Valdes Vera, 37, of Loscoe, was working for SIG Manufacturing Ltd on Milnhay Road, Langley Mill, Derbyshire on 18 February 2010 when his left hand was trapped between two heated …
A demolition worker from Croydon has been taken to court after his actions left one of his colleagues with serious leg injuries.
Devon Stoner, 44, of Whitehorse Road in Croydon was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the incident in January this year, when he was carrying out…
High street chocolate chain Thorntons has been fined after a worker broke her finger while operating a wrapping machine.
Ellen Yardley, 37, from Derbyshire was working at the company’s Somercotes plant on a foil wrapping machine, where chocolates were wrapped in foil and dispensed down a chute i…
Following the prosecution of a company after a maintenance engineer was crushed, I'd like to remind my visitors that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides valuable advice on what you can do to eliminate or reduce the risks from work equipment.
The HSE's free-to-download guidance Using wo…
A manufacturing firm has been sentenced after a worker's hand was crushed in a metal press at a St. Helens factory.
Barry Kelleher lost his little finger and part of the palm on his right hand as a result of the incident at Crane Building Services and Utilities. The 47-year-old from Leigh also neede…
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