Chemical company, Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd (Reckitt Benckiser Ltd), was fined £208,261 (inc.costs) after a worker had his left arm crushed in a bottle filling machine.
The circumstances were:
- On 9 September 2017, the worker was carrying out a recalibration task.
- The machine had not been isolated.
- The machine caused a crush injury to his left forearm.
- He also sustained tendon damage to the forearm, wrist and hand.
The HSE Inspector said:
“Non-routine maintenance tasks must be carried out by trained personnel working to standard safe operating procedures."
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