A manufacturing company has been fined £20,000 after a worker’s hand was partially severed when it was caught in machinery. The employee of ADA Machining Services Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, was operating a Richards 16ft vertical boring machine on 24 March 2021 when he stepped on to the rotating table to check the internal boring cut but … read more
The investigation into the death of a slinger signaller has been handed over to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Marius Badiou died on 21 July 2022 during a lifting operation at the Gatwick Railway Redevelopment Project at Gatwick Airport. A joint investigation was launched with and led by the British Transport Police. The police … read more
A grandfather whose hand was cut off while he was repairing a factory machine has said his injuries are so bad he struggles to pick up his granddaughter for a cuddle. Christopher Wright, 59, from Oswestry in Shropshire, had his hand cut off at the wrist when he was caught in the chain drive of … read more
A Northwest manufacturing company has been fined after an explosion led to a reactor bursting open and ejecting a motor through a roof. Fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident, which happened at CatAlloy Limited based in Widnes on 3 December 2015, during the manufacture of nickel catalyst. An investigation by the … read more
An electric motors and gearbox manufacturer has been prosecuted after an employee’s little finger was severed from her right hand. On 16 September 2019 an employee of Parvalux Electric Motors Limited was injured at their Bournemouth site when she became entangled in an exposed rotating shaft during the final test of a running motor on … read more