Food manufacturing company Troy Foods (Salads) Ltd., was fined £93,769 (inc. costs) after a hygiene operative suffered a serious injury when his hand came into contact with a mixer.
The circumstances were:
- Troy Foods (Salads) failed to adequately maintain guarding on a paddle mixer.
- They were also deficient in their training and supervision.
- As a result, an employee tasked with cleaning the mixer door mechanism lacked the necessary training.
- His hand came into contact with the mixer and severed the index finger of his left hand.
The HSE inspector said:
“Better compliance, supervision and training are essential to reinforce safe systems of work. This incident could so easily have been avoided by simply implementing the correct control measures and safe working practices.”
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