A frozen vegetable supplier has been fined following an accident at its plant in which a man had a finger amputated.
The man's accident at work happened at the Pinguin Food plant in Boston, Lincolnshire last February when a worker was straightening boxes on an automatic palletising machine. The machine did have a Perspex guard but although the worker was standing behind the guard he got his hand caught between a pallet and the conveyor, severing his middle finger.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching safety regulations at Boston Magistrates Court and was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £3,500 costs. An HSE investigation had found that workers at the plant had been given interlock parts allowing them to override safety features and access the enclosure.
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