A Northamptonshire grain firm has been fined after an employee lost three fingers and a thumb on the blades of a running mixer.
Category: Manufacturing
Glass company in court after employee loses finger
A West Midlands glass processor has been prosecuted for safety breaches after an employee’s finger had to be amputated when it was crushed in machinery.
Long term failings led to long term damage for workers
GKN Aerospace was prosecuted today (25 March) for failing to heed safety regulations for at least six years, leaving a group of employees with permanent nerve damage.
Packaging firm fined £200k over worker’s severed fingers
A packaging firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee severely injured both of his hands when they became trapped in heavy machinery at a Whitehaven factory.
Steel manufacturer fined after two employees injured
A Dudley steel tube manufacturer has been fined after two employees, including an apprentice just three weeks into a new job, were injured in separate incidents within the same month.
Company fined after worker severely injured at paper mill
A paper manufacturer has been fined after a worker seriously injured his left arm when it became trapped in moving machinery.
Bedford glazing company fined over workers’ injuries
A double-glazing manufacturer based in Bedford has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he and a colleague were hit by toppling sheets of glass.
Worker’s hand injury puts Leeds food company in court
A Leeds-based food company has been fined for safety failings after an agency worker had two fingers crushed by hydraulic rams in a sausage roll machine which had a broken guard.
Former pie maker told to pay £375,000 over worker’s death
A West Yorkshire firm was today fined £250,000 for safety offences after a gas explosion in an industrial bakery oven ripped through its factory – killing a father of two and badly injuring another worker.
National furniture firm prosecuted after employee’s arm crushed
A Nuneaton-based furniture firm has been fined for safety breaches after a worker suffered multiple fractures when his arm was drawn around a paper roll on a gluing machine.
Engineering firm fined after worker loses finger
A Leicester engineering company has been fined after an employee’s finger was crushed in machinery.
Company fined after Norfolk engineer fractured skull in fall
A Norfolk food company has been prosecuted for safety failings after a 49 year-old engineer fractured his skull and was left partially deaf after a three metre fall.
Flooring firm fined after worker dragged into machinery
A flooring manufacturer has been found guilty of safety failings after an employee was dragged into an unguarded machine at its factory in Greater Manchester.
Scrap metal firm fined after bus swings into employee
A scrap metal firm has been fined after an employee was badly injured when a bus swung into him while it was being lifted onto a truck in Merthyr Tydfil.
Fine for company after workers flee whisky fire
A major scotch whisky manufacturer has been fined after two workers had to flee a warehouse fire.
Macclesfield window firm fined over severed finger
A Macclesfield window manufacturer has been fined after one of its employees had a finger cut off by a rotating saw.
Brick firm breaks safety law
A West Yorkshire brick making firm has been prosecuted after safety failings at its factory led to a worker losing a thumb and having his hand almost severed in a poorly-guarded press machine.
Worker’s crushed hand puts sweet company in court
A Northampton sweet maker has been fined for safety breaches after a worker’s hand was crushed in machinery.

