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Ashington, Northumberland · Newcastle Magistrates' Court
An employee was cleaning swarf from a horizontal borer machine when they became entangled in the rotating tool piece, which had remained operational during the cleaning work. This followed previous HSE action at the site over machinery guarding, and a removed trip probe had gone undetected due to failed auditing procedures.
Injuries: Significant leg and ankle injuries, multiple broken ribs, a collapsed lung, skin grafts, and partial amputation of two toes.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“Effective monitoring, auditing and review of guarding is essential to demonstrate that it is effective in controlling risk.”
Machines must be isolated before cleaning, and removed safety devices such as trip probes must be picked up by routine auditing, not left undetected.
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