newsFish firm fined after machinery injury
A PETERHEAD fish processing company has been fined £245k after a worker was dragged into a machine through a gap where a safety guard should have been.
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newsWorker loses finger in workplace accident
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined £20kand ordered to pay £15k in compensation after a worker suffered a partial finger amputation when he reached into an inadequately guarded automatic saw.
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newsManufacturer fined £300k after worker injured
A STAFFORDSHIRE-based manufacturing company has been fined £300k after a family man was left with injuries so serious he became ‘a shadow of his former self’.
newsCompany fined £500k after worker suffers 40% burns
ONE OF Britain’s leading steel galvanizers has been fined more than £500k after one of its workers suffered 40 per cent burns to his body when hit by a wave of molten zinc at its site in Devon.
newsFabricator fined £48k after life-changing workplace injury
FITZPATRICK FABRICATIONS Ltd, a sheet metal fabrication company in Lancashire, has been fined £48k after an employee lost part of his right thumb and suffered a crush injury to his hand during a manual handling task.
newsAggregates firm fined £24k after fatal conveyor crush
Gill Aggregates Limited, which operates a site in Dagenham, East London, has been fined £24k after one of its workers was drawn into machinery and suffered fatal crush injuries.
newsTwo workers scalded during factory maintenance
A MAJOR food manufacturing company has been fined £594k following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after an employee and their colleague suffered scald injuries when they were carrying out maintenance work on steam pipework in the company’s factory in Melton Mowbray.
newsManufacturer fined after conveyor injury
A MERSEYSIDE animal‑feed manufacturer has been sentenced after a maintenance engineer suffered severe, life‑changing injuries when his arm was drawn into an unguarded conveyor.
news£333k penalty after worker injured in conveyor
A BAKED goods manufacturer has been fined £333,333 after a worker suffered multiple fractures, including a broken arm when it became entangled in a sausage roll conveyor line.
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