Knauf pays GBP 7,000 after accident
November 18, 2008
A business has been fined £4,000 after an accident caused by health and safety breaches.
Knauf UK GMBH will also pay £3,204 in costs after one of its employees was injured whilst working at its site in Sittingbourne.
After removing guards to allow the cleaning of a machine's rollers at the firm's plasterboard manufacturing site, the machinery was activated and a worker's finger became caught.
No suitable risk assessment had been conducted and the employee's injuries were held to have affected his ability to perform tasks in his day-to-day life.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Jan Combs claims the company had not properly considered the importance of implementing policies regarding all areas of work activity.
"If a proper health and safety risk assessment had been carried out and acted upon this incident could have been avoided," he states.
Last month, Wilkin and Sons was fined £4,000 plus £2,855 in costs after an accident led to the severing of one of its worker's fingers.
Knauf UK GMBH will also pay £3,204 in costs after one of its employees was injured whilst working at its site in Sittingbourne.
After removing guards to allow the cleaning of a machine's rollers at the firm's plasterboard manufacturing site, the machinery was activated and a worker's finger became caught.
No suitable risk assessment had been conducted and the employee's injuries were held to have affected his ability to perform tasks in his day-to-day life.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Jan Combs claims the company had not properly considered the importance of implementing policies regarding all areas of work activity.
"If a proper health and safety risk assessment had been carried out and acted upon this incident could have been avoided," he states.
Last month, Wilkin and Sons was fined £4,000 plus £2,855 in costs after an accident led to the severing of one of its worker's fingers.
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