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Safety breach caused crushed hand injury at food packaging firm Chevler

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Ken Hurst

The food packaging firm Chevler Ltd has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £5,843 in costs after an employee’s left hand was crushed when it was drawn into a two centimetre gap between the rollers of a printing machine. … Continue reading →

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H & S breaches from making dough to drilling

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Ken Hurst

Manufacturing sectors dealing in activities as diverse as making dough and drilling were in the dock this week accused of paying insufficient attention to the safety of their employees. On Monday, Pontypridd bread manufacturer Easibake Foods was prosecuted by the … Continue reading →

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Marling Leek in court after unguarded machine shattered worker’s forearm

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Ken Hurst

Marling Leek, a manufacturer specialising in weaving and dying webbing for seatbelts and harnesses has been fined £35,000 and ordered to pay a further £5,257 in costs after employee Andrew Thomas shattered his left forearm in an unguarded machine. Following … Continue reading →

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Lathe worker severs hand

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Ken Hurst

A Norfolk worker was seriously injured when his hand and arm were pulled into a polishing lathe. Gavin Nobes, 41, from Dereham, almost lost his left hand in the incident at Marshall Brass in Heckingham in February last year. It … Continue reading →

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Food manufacturing tops industry injury league

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Ken Hurst

The British Safety Council has welcomed improvements in Britain’s health and safety performance published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in its annual statistics report. HSE noted a significant reduction in the number of workers killed and seriously injured … Continue reading →

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Grupo Antolin fined after worker burned by caustic soda

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Ken Hurst

The Warwickshire automotive components company Grupo Antolin has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £9,900 after a worker was burned by caustic soda while leaning over a conveyor. The operative required skin grafts to his stomach as … Continue reading →

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Metals manufacturer fined after crane incident

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Ken Hurst

Glossop-based manufacturer Firth Rixson Metals has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,024 after being found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act in putting at risk an employee who was injured when he … Continue reading →

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Worker loses fingertips at food factory

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Ken Hurst

East London convenience food manufacturer Oldfields has been fined for safety failings after an agency worker lost the tips from four fingers as he tried to unblock a dicing machine. The worker sustained the injury while working a night shift … Continue reading →

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GM fined £150,000 for safety breach that led to worker’s death

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Ken Hurst

Vauxhall parent General Motors has been fined £150,000 over the death of a worker who was crushed in machinery at its car factory in Ellesmere Port (pictured). GM was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after 59 year … Continue reading →

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Engineering firm fined after worker hit by flying metal ring

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Ken Hurst

The West Lothian engineering firm Oil States Klaper has been sentenced for safety failings after employee Kenneth Hunter was hit by a 400kg metal ring being propelled toward him under high pressure. Livingston Sheriff Court was told this week that … Continue reading →

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