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Shopfitters fingered severed in rotating saw

A shopfitting firm has been sentenced as a result of an employee’s finger was severed off in a rotating saw. The mans index finger was pulled into the machine when he was trimming oak planks which resulted in him having his finger amputated at the knuckle the following day.

Magistrates were told that the guard for the saw was resting on a nearby table when the employee’s finger was severed. The HSE investigation found that the risk assessment that had been carried out on the saw had not been passed to the employees who would be using the saw. The Employee in question had never had any training on the saw and no warning signs were on the machine. The company pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching regulation 8 (1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment regulations 1998 as they failed to provide instructions for using the saw which resulted in them receiving a £3.000 fine and they were ordered to pay £3.498 in prosecution costs on 14th June 2011.

The HSE said after the hearing, “These kinds of incidents are all to common in the manufacturing industry and sadly result in workers suffering life long injuries. Good health and safety isn’t about filling in forms. It was pointless for the company to carry out a risk assessment if they weren’t going to pass it on to their staff. No instructions or training were provided on how to use the saw safely and supervision in the workshop appeared to be minimal. If the shopfitting company had done more to protect the safety of its employees then one of them wouldn’t have lost a finger.

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