Brooks Forgings Limited was fined £4,011 (inc.costs) had to have fingers and a thumb amputated.
The circumstances were:
- The accident occurred on an Upset Forging machine.
- There was no safe system of work whilst undertaking setting procedures on this.
- There were no effective measures to prevent access to the dangerous parts.
- There was no isolation procedure.
- On 25 June 2018 a forger had his left hand crushed between dies and moving parts on the press whilst setting the machine..
- Following hospital treatment his thumb, index finger and part of his middle finger had to be amputated.
The HSE inspector said:
“The implementation of an isolation procedure for the setting of the machine would have ensured that the machine could not have operated whilst the forger was setting the machine; which would have prevented the forger from losing significant parts of his hand. Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures to eliminate or minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery."
“The implementation of an isolation procedure for the setting of the machine would have ensured that the machine could not have operated whilst the forger was setting the machine; which would have prevented the forger from losing significant parts of his hand. Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures to eliminate or minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery."
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