Manufacturing

Company fined after machine operator sustained serious injuries

A supplier of machined components has been fined after an employee sustained a severed finger, lacerations and tendon damage whilst operating a stud assembly machine at a factory in Brownhills, West Midlands. Dudley Magistrates’ Court heard that on 20 February 2018, CNC Speedwell Limited employee Malgorzata Musiol, 23, was seriously injured when her gloved hand …

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January 20, 2021 HSEHealth and Safety • HSE • ManufacturingHSE

Manfufacturing firm fined after employee fatally crushed

A company, which manufactures adhesive tape, has been fined after a worker was fatally injured while operating a rewind slitting machine. Luton Magistrates Court heard how on 10 April 2018, Mr Brett Dolby was operating the machine, designed to cut a large roll of adhesive material into narrower rolls, when he was drawn into an …

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August 21, 2020 HSEHealth and Safety • HSE • ManufacturingHSE

Manufacturing company fined after employee loses fingers

A manufacturing company has been fined after a worker’s hand was damaged whilst carrying out machinery repairs. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 27 July 2018, an employee of Preston Board and Packaging Limited was trying to repair a cardboard slitting machine. Whilst in the process of lifting a chain back onto a sprocket, a …

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October 10, 2019 HSEHSE • ManufacturingHSE

Essex engineering firm sentenced after worker suffered serious hand injuries

An engineering firm was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker severed two fingers. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 June 2018 an employee of Essex Governor Services Limited was polishing a work piece with an emery cloth whilst it was rotating in a manual metal working lathe at the company site in Colchester. …

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