Printing company V P Packaging Ltd was fined £21,346 (inc.costs) after an employee suffered a crush injury whilst cleaning machinery.
The circumstances were:
- On 11 January 2018, an employee was cleaning a roller on an envelope-making machine.
- The roller was unguarded and was running.
- The cloth she was holding got caught and her hand was drawn into the rollers.
- She suffered an amputation to her right-hand middle finger and two other fingers were fractured, with some degloving of the skin.
The HSE inspector said
“This injury could have been easily prevented, and the risk should have been identified. Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures like suitable guards, to minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery.”
“This injury could have been easily prevented, and the risk should have been identified. Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures like suitable guards, to minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery.”
SSS Note:
The proper situation is to have either fixed guards or interlocked guards over rollers with in-running nips. Cleaning should be done with the machine stopped. However, it may be done on slow-crawl or hold-to-run providing the operator is wearing low-tensile strength gloves which tear rather than drawing in the hand.
The proper situation is to have either fixed guards or interlocked guards over rollers with in-running nips. Cleaning should be done with the machine stopped. However, it may be done on slow-crawl or hold-to-run providing the operator is wearing low-tensile strength gloves which tear rather than drawing in the hand.
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