Packaging firm fined GBP1000 after worker injured
November 6, 2009
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is highlighting the importance of managing health and safety risks effectively after a worker suffered a fractured wrist at a Gateshead packaging firm.
Integrated Packaging Ltd, of Gateshead, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £2,374.25 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Gateshead Magistrates Court on 5th November 2009.
The incident took place on 25th October 2008, when an employee was working at a Kohmann 1440 window patcher machine. The machine stamps pieces of polyester film onto pre-cut openings on cardboard cartons to create a window.
The employee reached into the machine to remove a jammed item that had become stuck on the suction table conveyor belt but his hand became caught between the suction table conveyor belt and the delivery table conveyor belt. He suffered a friction burn and fracture to his left wrist.
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Integrated Packaging Ltd, of Gateshead, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £2,374.25 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Gateshead Magistrates Court on 5th November 2009.
The incident took place on 25th October 2008, when an employee was working at a Kohmann 1440 window patcher machine. The machine stamps pieces of polyester film onto pre-cut openings on cardboard cartons to create a window.
The employee reached into the machine to remove a jammed item that had become stuck on the suction table conveyor belt but his hand became caught between the suction table conveyor belt and the delivery table conveyor belt. He suffered a friction burn and fracture to his left wrist.
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