Food company fined after worker loses most of handRSS Feed

A major European food firm has been fined £230,000 after a worker lost most of his right hand in a horrific accident at work.

Night shift supervisor Shaun Alexander was helping a member of his team to clean equipment at the 2 Sisters Food Group plant near Bungay in December 2009.

A safety guard had been removed from the machinery and Mr Alexander's hand was pulled into two rotating cogs and crushed.

The 42-year-old lost four fingers, part of his thumb and some of the palm of his hand.

One month later, fork lift driver Malcolm Raven was clearing a blockage in the system in the pre-slaughter area for chickens at the company. His arm was trapped and broken in the machinery.

It was found the company had fitted a by-pass device to over-ride a safety control that would have stopped this from happening.

Health and Safety Executive Inspector Julie Jarvey said: "Both these incidents were wholly avoidable.

"[Shaun Alexander] will have to live with the consequences of someone else's mistakes for the rest of his life."
 
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