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County Durham firm in court after worker’s hand severely injured

County Durham firm in court after worker’s hand severely injured

A County Durham firm has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries to his hand when it was caught in the rollers of a glue machine with a broken safety guard.

The 59-year-old employee of Elite Composite Products Ltd was attempting to clean the rollers of a glue rolling machine at its premises in Trimdon Grange when the incident happened.

The worker, who does not wish to be named, lifted a hinged guard to gain access to the rollers but as he started cleaning them his right hand was drawn into the rollers. Some of skin from his hand was stripped by the moving machinery and he also sustained damage to the carpal tunnel in his wrist and muscle damage to his thumb.

The man was in hospital for four days and required treatment and physiotherapy for five months. He began a phased return to work seven months after the incident.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Elite Composite Products Ltd at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court for serious safety failings after an investigation into the incident.

The court heard that the guard covering the rollers was connected to an interlocking safety device designed to stop the rollers turning when the guard was raised. But the device was broken, so the rollers did not stop.

HSE found that Elite Composite Products Ltd did not have proper maintenance and safety check systems in place that would have identified the broken safety device. As a result, it failed to provide effective measures to prevent any contact with dangerous moving parts of machinery.

Elite Composite Products Ltd was fined £6,000 and ordered to pay £3,188.50 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

 

 

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