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£120,000 fine after worker suffers amputation injuries (10 October 2016)
Date: 10/10/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Halifax-based paper mill, after a worker suffered severe crush injuries to his right hand.
The injured worker sustained serious crush injuries in September 2013, while changing a couch roll on a board machine at Sonoco Cores & Paper Ltd’s Halifax plant.
The worker’s middle finger was severed in the machine – and he required subsequent amputation of both his index and ring fingers. He is now registered as partly disabled.
At Bradford Crown Court, Sonoco Cores & Paper Ltd of Stainland in Halifax, West Yorkshire pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company was fined £120,000 with £6,354 costs.
After the hearing, Health and Safety Executive Inspector Jackie Ferguson said:
“The company failed to provide a safe system of work for changing couch rolls on a board machine.
“Their risk assessment for this type of work was not suitable or sufficient – it had identified the hazard, yet it did not consider the likelihood or severity of the risk and did not identify appropriate measures to prevent an uncontrolled fall of the machine’s hinged steel arm.
“Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate action against those that fall below the required standards.”
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