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South Kirkby, Pontefract, West Yorkshire · Leeds Magistrates' Court
An employee cleaning a logo printing machine was able to override an interlock safety device. Her fingers were then drawn into unguarded rollers on the machine.
Injuries: Two fingers partially severed.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“A suitable interlock and employee training would have prevented this incident.”
Interlocks that can be overridden are not a safety control; access to dangerous parts must be reliably prevented.
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