Road surface paver crushed worker’s foot
An incident in which a road paving machine crushed a worker’s foot has cost a construction company more than £18,000 in penalties.
26 Jul 2010

Robot almost paralysed maintenance worker
An automotive firm that developed a “culture of violation” must pay £50,000 in penalties after an industrial robot struck a worker in the throat, damaging his voice box and almost…
22 Jul 2010

£13k penalty for fourth guarding case in a week
In the fourth HSE prosecution in a week involving machine guarding lapses, a European frozen vegetables supplier has been fined £10,000 after an operator lost a finger when his hand…
21 Jul 2010

£10,000 fine follows power press amputation
A specialist food packaging firm has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 in fines and costs after a worker lost three fingers when she caught her right hand in…
21 Jul 2010

Lathe tore off operator’s hand
A company that flouted machine guarding rules has been fined £15,000 after a worker’s hand was ripped off by a metalworking lathe.
20 Jul 2010

Severed digits weaken engineers' bottom line
An engineering firm has admitted breaching basic equipment safety regulations after a worker severed four fingers and part of his thumb in a milling machine.
15 Jul 2010

Open hatch exposes two firms to fines
A factory worker severed three fingers and a thumb on the exposed rotating blade of a mixing machine because the cleaning hatch was open and the emergency cut-out was not…
23 Jun 2010

Overalls pulled worker into unguarded metal-working machine
An engineering company that breached basic work equipment regulations has been fined £26,000 after a worker became trapped in metal-shaping machinery.
23 Jun 2010

Council fined after unstable MEWP killed electrician
East Ayrshire Council has been fined £56,000 after an electrician plunged six metres from a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) that toppled over and landed on him.
21 Jun 2010

Car parts multinational pays £15,000 for missing guard
A multinational engineering company has been convicted under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) for shortcomings that led to an employee chopping off the tip of his…
15 Jun 2010

Bakery directors exposed staff to live wires and dust
Two directors who put their bakery staff at risk from exposed electrical wires and irritant flour dust have been ordered to pay penalties totalling £6500.
11 Jun 2010

Worker severed foot on unguarded blades
An incident in which an inexperienced worker’s foot was severed by a log cutting machine has cost the owner of a wood processing plant £26,146 in fines and costs.
8 Jun 2010

HSE warned spice firm about poor guarding
A spice and wholefood producer that ignored warnings about insufficient guarding on its machines has been prosecuted after a rotating paddle severed an employee’s finger.
4 Jun 2010

High-speed fan severed worker’s fingers
A plastics recycling firm’s failure to follow basic safety procedures for machine repairs that led to an employee amputating two fingers has cost it £19,347 in fines and costs.
26 May 2010

Unguarded shop heater set fire to child’s clothing
An incident in which a three-year-old girl narrowly escaped serious injury when her clothes caught fire from an unguarded space heater has cost a fabric shop owner over £12,000.
21 May 2010