Warning to safeguard employees after worker’s finger amputated

HSE is warning employers to ensure they have adequate safeguards in place to prevent access to dangerous parts of their machinery. This warning follows HSE’s prosecution of Sunrise Medical Ltd of High Street, Wollaston, Stourbridge, after an employee’s little finger was amputated in the unguarded rotating part of a pedestal drill.

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