Two companies have been fined after an employee had a thumb, index finger and most of his middle finger severed in machinery. Fibres became attached to the teeth of the rollers of the machine the man was using and as he reached in to remove them, his right hand became trapped in the running nip betw…
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Derbyshire paper firm fined after worker suffers hand injuries
The Crimped Paper Works Limited, of Chapel-en-le-Frith, has been fined after a worker suffered severe and permanent hand injuries.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that maintenance fitter David Millband, 46, was seriously injured when his right hand was caught in a reel-fed machine whic…
Lincolnshire quarry owner fined for unsafe machinery
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that Andrew Freeman, who trades under the name Freemac Aggregates at The Quarry, Cross Road, The Fen, Baston, failed to comply with a legal notice prohibiting the use of poorly maintained and inadequately guarded sand and gravel plant until it was made s…
Ipswich manufacturer fined after worker injured
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that Crane Ltd, Viking Johnson's parent company of West Road, Ipswich has been fined after an employee suffered multiple injuries when two quarter tonne steel flange rings fell on him.
The pipe coupling manufacturer admitted breaching Regulation 4 of th…
Company and mechanic fined after forklift death
A Buckinghamshire plant hire company and one of its mechanics have been fined after a forklift truck overturned, killing the driver.
The Health and Safety (HSE) investigation found that Morgans Plant Hire Ltd, based in Oakley, Buckinghamshire, failed to ensure that the fork lift truck was in good…
Woodworker prosecuted for safety failing
Asif Iqbal risked serious injury to himself and an employee after ignoring safety guidance and continuing to use an unguarded circular saw.
Dewsbury Magistrates' Court heard that Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors were forced to issue two separate Prohibition Notices to stop him using the …
Gateshead steel firm fined for crush injury
Spartan UK Ltd, of Ropery Road, Teams, Gateshead, has been fined a total of £40,000 after a worker’s feet were crushed in a rolling mill.
Alan Dixon, 62, from Gateshead, was part of a team carrying out routine maintenance at the steel firm’s site in the Teams area of the town.
The Health and S…
Plastics company fined after worker's hand severed
Matrix Polymers, Northampton, has been fined for safety failings after a worker's left hand was severed in a plastics mixing machine.
Gary McKeown had been emptying plastic granules from a hatch at the bottom of a blender when his hand got caught in rotating parts and was sheared off.
The company p…
Theme park company fined for saw blade injury
Parkware Ltd has been fined after a worker injured his hand on a rotating saw blade.
Steven Gardiner was cutting up sheets of plywood at Loudoun Castle Theme Park when his right hand slipped forward and came into contact with the blade. He underwent a six hour bone graft operation to save his finger…
Manufacturing company fined after safety breaches
Hendry Hydraulics Ltd has been prosecuted after health and safety failures at its Northumberland premises.
The company was prosecuted after Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visited Hendry Eurohoist Cylinders in Ashington and served two Prohibition Notices.
The company pleaded guilty to t…
Worker's fingers severed - firm fined £5,000
Linpac Packaging Ltd has been sentenced after a worker's fingers were severed while trying to clear a jam in a machine on 13 March 2010.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was fined £5,000 and ordered to p…
Worker injured by industrial saw
An employee almost severed his arm when cutting wood on an industrial saw he had barely been trained to use, Chelmsford Magistrates' Court was told.
Machine Hire Ltd from Burnham Business Park, Springfield Road admitted to breaching regulation 9(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulati…
Workers exposed to risk of serious injury
An egg packing business has been fined for exposing its employees to the risk of serious injury on a regular basis.
Workers employed by the partnership known as James Gammie had to use a specific machine, called a screw conveyor, to clear away chicken manure from each of the company's three sheds at…
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