April 2012 Accidents at Work

Egg firm fined after worker's fingers cut off

A Worcestershire egg company has been fined after a worker severed two fingers while cleaning a drain on a production line.

The court heard how the training for this work was carried out by employees who were not qualified to train others.
Bumble Hole Foods Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.

The company was fined £13,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,303.

Farming partnership fined after two workers severely injured

A Montrose farming partnership has been fined after two agricultural workers were severely injured when a telescopic handler went out of control, fell down a steep bank and came to rest at the top of a cliff.

Mr Murray stopped to examine a section of fence in a corner of the field that ran parallel to a steep bank leading down to the cliff edge. Mr Alston stopped the telehandler on a bank a short distance away.

However, as he went to open the door the telehandler began to move. He shouted to Mr Murray that he was unable to stop the vehicle before attempting to restart it and steer it to safety, but he was unable to put it into neutral.

Nether Dysart Farms was fined £8,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

Source www.hse.gov.uk

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