Case Review: Engineering firm fined £25k after worker severs fingers on equipment
A Derbyshire-based engineering firm has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after an employee, Anthony Baker, severed the tips of his fingers on an unprotected bandsaw. Chesterfield Magistrate’s Court heard that Mr Baker had been cleaning the saw at Firth Rixson Forgings Ltd in May 2011 when the saw, which … Read more