The importance of health and safety training and risk assessments have been highlighted after a worker was injured at work.
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), an employee of Trucast of Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, sustained crush injuries to his left thumb when it became caught in closing clamp mechanism on the machine he was working at, leading to part of the digit being lost.
Isle of Wight Magistrates Court fined the company £5,000 in total and ordered it to pay a contribution towards costs of £9,000, after it admitted breaches of the Management of Health and Safety at WorkRegulations 1999 and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
An investigation by the HSE discovered that unsuitable risk assessments had been carried out regarding the machinery, while there was easy access to dangerous parts of the equipment.
Roger Upfold, inspector at the watchdog, explained that firms need to "ensure that an appropriate package of measures including physical safeguards, safe systems of work and consistent training are provided for the safety of all workers".
Last month, the HSE reminded of the need to make personal protective equipment available to workers, following a company being fined after a worker was burned.
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), an employee of Trucast of Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, sustained crush injuries to his left thumb when it became caught in closing clamp mechanism on the machine he was working at, leading to part of the digit being lost.
Isle of Wight Magistrates Court fined the company £5,000 in total and ordered it to pay a contribution towards costs of £9,000, after it admitted breaches of the Management of Health and Safety at WorkRegulations 1999 and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
An investigation by the HSE discovered that unsuitable risk assessments had been carried out regarding the machinery, while there was easy access to dangerous parts of the equipment.
Roger Upfold, inspector at the watchdog, explained that firms need to "ensure that an appropriate package of measures including physical safeguards, safe systems of work and consistent training are provided for the safety of all workers".
Last month, the HSE reminded of the need to make personal protective equipment available to workers, following a company being fined after a worker was burned.
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