After an employee lost two fingers in an accident at work, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has executed an animal feed producer based in Lancashire
The accident occurred when, the unnamed forty seven year old workerwas working for Dugdale Nutrition Ltd, at their factory in Clitheroe and was attempting to clear a blockage in machinery which was located on the third floor of the premises,
Unfortunately a co-worker, who was situated in the plants control room on the ground floor of the building, switched the machine on.
As a consequence, the injured worker lost two of his fingers in the accident .Fllowing the incident, an investigation was conducted by the HSE which revealed that the worker on the third floor had failed to isolate the machine and was allowed access to the machines moving parts because a safety guard was not fixed in place.
A fine of £7,000 was asked from Dugdale Nutrition Ltd, of Bellman Mill in Salthill , besides a total of £3,614 in court costs, after admitting two breaches of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, at Accrington Magistrates’ Court.