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Blackburn, Lancashire · Burnley Magistrates Court
A 24-year-old 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
“There was no safe system of work in place for the task as well as a lack of instructions and training to ensure workers knew how to carry out the task safely.”
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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