Company convicted after worker’s fingers cut off
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A BOLTON PALLET manufacturer has been convicted for health and safety offences after a factory worker’s fingers were cut off by a rotating saw. In a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution, Manchester Crown Court was told how the 27-year-old – who asked not to be named – lost three fingers on his left hand, down to the second knuckle, while working at Frank Hill on the Scot Lane Industrial Estate in December 2010.
The employee had been holding a large piece of wood while his colleague cut through it, when his hand caught on the rotating blade.
An HSE investigation found there was no guard on the saw and the worker had not received training on how to use it.
Frank Hill, which formerly traded as IPC Services, was found guilty of two breaches of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 following a trial at Trafford Magistrates’ Court in December 2011.
The company went into liquidation in July 2011 and was fined £2 with no costs during the sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court.