Plastipack Limited, a manufacturer of swimming pool covers was fined £35,842 (inc.costs) after a worker suffered a degloving injury when his hand got caught between two power driven rollers of an extruder machine.
The circumstances were:
- There was no guarding of the in-running nip point between the rollers of the machine.
- On 21 February 2018, an employee was performing a manual intervention on the machine.
- His hand got caught between two power driven rollers.
The HSE inspector said
‘’ This injury was easily preventable, and the risk should have been identified. Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures to minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery.’’
‘’ This injury was easily preventable, and the risk should have been identified. Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures to minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery.’’
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