Worker loses fingertip in machine: company fined £6,855

A company has been fined a total of £6,855 after inadequate machine guarding resulted in the injury of an employee.

The employee was working for Wilkin & Sons Ltd of Tiptree, Essex when the accident occurred on 22 February. A machine used for shredding orange peel had become blocked, and the employee was working to unblock it.

However, a lack of adequate guarding was in place on the machine, which meant that the worker was able to reach inside the machine whilst it was still runni... (160 more words)

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