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£200,000 fine after engineer sustains crush injuries in machinery (19 April 2017)
Date: 19/04/2017
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an engineering firm, after a worker suffered crush injuries in machinery.
The unnamed engineer was employed by Moy Park Ltd at the company’s site in Anwick near Sleaford in Lincolnshire. He was checking the blades on the cutting line, when the machine restarted and he found himself unable to move his hand away from the blade he was inspecting.
The engineer suffered deep laceration to his hand as a result of the incident.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the company failed to implement a safe system of work in relation to isolating procedures when maintaining the machinery in the production line.
Moy Park Ltd of Main Road, Anwick in Lincolnshire pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
The company was fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,924.
After the hearing, HSE Principal Inspector David Butter said:
“Duty holders must put measures in place to ensure there are safe procedures in place which are then followed when checking faults on machinery.”
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