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Peterhead · Peterhead Sheriff Court
On 19 August 2025 a worker at the company's premises in Peterhead had his right arm pulled into the pusher section of a rack loader. A section of fixed guarding had been removed during maintenance about two weeks earlier and was not put back. Maintenance staff told HSE they had seen the guard missing and had seen employees using the gap.
Injuries: The worker suffered a fractured jaw and trauma to his chest and right arm, needed surgery to insert metal plates in his jaw, and spent three days in hospital.
Regulation 11(1) and (2) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, and Section 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“Guards must be kept in place, and checks must cover every guard, not just the electrical ones.”
Put every guard back after maintenance, and make your guarding checks cover mechanical fixed guards as well as electrical ones.
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