Sheffield packaging firm fined £100k after worker's fingers severed in saw
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The man was injured while operating a rotating saw at Loadhog in Sheffield
A packaging manufacturer has been fined £100,000 after an agency worker partially severed three fingers while operating a rotating saw.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said the saw at Loadhog in Sheffield did not have a suitable guard in place at the time of the incident in 2020.
Loadhog Ltd pleaded guilty at Sheffield Magistrates' Court to two counts of breaching health and safety law.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ has approached Loadhog for comment.
The worker's fingers were reattached in hospital following the incident on 15 June 2020, an HSE spokesperson said.
A subsequent investigation found the company had failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment, resulting in a "failure to provide a suitable guard" for the machinery.
After the hearing on 25 April, HSE inspector Laura Hunter said: "This incident could so easily have been avoided by simply implementing the correct control measures and safe working practices."
Loadhog was also ordered to pay £3,139.75 in costs.
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