A printing machine company which failed to maintain safety guards on apiece of machinery, which led to an employee losing part of hisfinger, has been fined ￡6,383 after admitting to health andsafety breaches.
Polish worker Kamil Podsaidly had the tip of his finger severed andbroke his hand in moving rollers after climbing a ladder to cleanan ink spillage on the machine, the Hartlepool Mail reports.
The piece of cloth he was using to clean the mess became drawn intothe unguarded metal rollers which should have had guards in placeto stop the machine from operating the moment a member of staff gotnear to it.
Hartlepool magistrates' court imposed the financial penalty on thecompany after it admitted to breaching the Health and Safety atWork Act by failing to prevent access to dangerous moving parts ofmachinery, the news provider claims.
More than 1,200 work-related accidents in the printing industry arereported to the Health and Safety Executive each year.
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