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Blackburn, Lancashire · Burnley Magistrates Court
A lead machine operator suffered crushing injuries to his right hand when it became trapped in machinery rollers while manually clearing a tissue blockage. A colleague was operating the machine's jog function to move it incrementally while he cleared the blockage, with no safe system of work in place for the task.
Injuries: Serious crushing injuries to the right hand.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“A young worker was left with a serious injury as a result of an accident which could easily have been avoided.”
Clearing blockages on running machinery needs a documented safe system of work and trained staff, not an ad hoc jog-and-clear routine.
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