Employer fined £4,000 after inadequate guarding leads to fractured arm

Vitacress Salads Limited has been fined a total of £4,000 at Andover Magistrates' Court for breaches health and safety legislation.

The prosecution followed an investigation by the HSE into an accident on 8 July 2003 in which Ms Pacita Padilla, an employee of Vitacress Salads Limited, suffered a serious injury when her right arm was pulled in between a roller and the conveyor-belt on a machine that she was working on. The machine should have been fitted with a safety guard, to prevent acces... (188 more words)

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