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£5,000 fine after saw mill worker injures hand in unguarded saw (14 October 2015)
Date: 14/10/2015
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a saw mill in Kettering, Northamptonshire, after an employee sustained a serious hand injury.
The agency worker was working at Brigstock saw mill on 14 August 2014, when his hand was drawn into the rotating blade of an inadequately guarded large band saw.
He had been working on the saw with another employee – and had been levering the material being fed to the saw using a crow bar, when he slipped and his left hand was drawn into the blade. His ring finger was badly damaged and later required plastic surgery.
An investigation by the HSE found the company – Midlands Renewable Fuels LLP (Brigstock saw mill) – had failed to ensure that effective measures were taken to prevent access to the dangerous parts of the saw.
Following the incident, Brigstock Saw Mill installed a protective wooden box to ensure that operators are not able to stand near the blade of the saw.
On Tuesday, 6 October 2015 at Northampton Magistrates’ Court, Midlands Renewable Fuels LLP was fined £5,000 with costs of £876.50 and a £175 victim surcharge, after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 11 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1999.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Jenna McDade said:
“Had the company taken suitable measures to ensure workers did not come into contact with the rotating blade, this incident would have been easily prevented.
“Had the saw been properly guarded, the agency worker would not have been injured.”
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