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£30,000 fine after worker loses fingers in unguarded circular saw (19 October 2015)
Date: 19/10/2015
A national company specialising in products and services to rural communities has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after a worker suffered a life changing injury in a woodworking machinery incident.
On 3 September 2014, the worker’s hand came into contact with the blade of a rotating circular saw at the Amesbury premises of Countrywide Farmers PLC (CWF).
The incident caused serious injury to two fingers on the employee’s left hand, which resulted in amputation.
At Salisbury Magistrates’ Court, Countrywide Farmers PLC of Asparagus Way, Vale Park in Evesham, Worcestershire was fined a total of £30,000 and was ordered to pay £5,157 in costs, after pleading guilty to offences under Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
After the hearing, Health and Safety Executive inspector Andy Shaw said:
“This incident and the disfiguring injury that it caused resulted from basic failings in the appreciation and control of a well-known hazardous operation.
”Necessary guidance and physical means to carry out the work safely were both readily and cheaply available – and the firm should have provided both.
“Had the person in control been well informed and provided with competent supporting advice, this incident would not have happened.”
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Amputation Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who have undergone amputation as a result of someone else’s negligence on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation, including claims relating to:
• Accidents at work
• Criminal injuries
• Holiday accidents
• Medical negligence
• Military accidents
• Road traffic accidents
• School accidents
• Sports accidents.
Amputation compensation claims have to be made within three years of injury – children can make a claim up to the age of 21.
Duncan Lewis can also advise clients on rehabilitation and adaptations to the home.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Amputation Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 020 7923 4020.