Factory ignored health and safety rules for eight years

Factory owners and other businesses are being urged to put the safety of their staff first after an aerospace engineering company regularly ignored health and safety rules for eight years.

The HSE prosecuted Crest Engineering Company Ltd after finding safety guards missing or not in use on several milling machines, which are used to shape metal.

The company had previously been ordered to replace the guards on the machines at its factory in 2001 but they were later removed or unlocked.... (280 more words)

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