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£3,000 fine after bakery worker suffers partial amputation of fingertip (26 June 2015)

Date: 26/06/2015
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, £3,000 fine after bakery worker suffers partial amputation of fingertip

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has successfully prosecuted a Newcastle bakery, after an employee lost part of the tip of his middle finger as a result of unguarded machinery.

The 53-year-old worker was operating a pie-making machine when his right hand followed the motion of the machinery until the lock head was activated and partially amputated the tip of his finger.

The incident occurred at the premises of Minhoco 21 Limited on 17 June 2014.

An HSE investigation into the incident found that the machine was not guarded to the appropriate standard – and should have been fitted with a safety frame or false table to prevent access to the blocking and trimming heads.

At Newcastle Magistrates’ Court, Minhoco 21 Limited (trading as Geordie Bakers) of Airport Industrial Park, Kingston Park in Newcastle upon Tyne
pleaded guilty of breaching the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, Regulation 11(1).

The company was fined £2,000 with costs of £1,086 and a victim surcharge of £120.

After the hearing, HSE Inspector Fiona McGarry said:

“The guarding standards on these machines are well established – the use of a safety frame or false table to prevent access to the blocking and trimming heads is essential.

“Not only did the injured person sustain a partial amputation of the fingertip –
but it could have been a much more serious injury, including amputation of multiple fingers.”

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