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Crush Leads To A Fine
Moy Park Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured at the company's site in Anwick near Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Lincoln Crown Court heard on the an engineer was checking the blades on the cutting line when the machine restarted and he wasn't able to move his hand away from the blade he was inspecting when the machine started up. The worker suffered deep laceration to his hand as a result of this incident.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the company failed to implement a safe system of work in relation to isolating procedures when maintaining the machinery in the production line.
Moy Park Ltd of Main Road, Anwick, Lincolnshire have pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and have been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £11,924.
Source: H.S.E. Website
