HSE machinery warning following finger injury

The HSE has renewed warnings to firms to watch out for faulty machinery, following the prosecution of another firm over a finger injury.

Napier Brown & Co of Normanton was fined £3,000, and ordered to pay costs of £2,446 at Wakefield magistrates' court on 21 November.

The prosecution followed an incident on 5 March 2008 at the company's premises, when a blockage occurred on a packaging line. Attempting to identify the cause of the problem, an electrical engineer placed his... (151 more words)

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