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Burnley firm prosecuted after worker loses finger

A Burnley tool manufacturer has been fined £1,000 after one of its workers lost a finger when it became trapped in machinery.

C.M.A Tools (Burnley) was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the incident at its factory at Belle Vue Mill on 1 April 2009.

Reedley Magistrates’ Court heard that Paul Whittaker, 30 from Burnley, was using a piece of emery cloth to reduce the size of a metal component on a metalworking lathe.

The cloth became trapped by the rotating mechanism, pulling in his right hand. Mr Whittaker was wearing a glove at the time (pictured) which pulled his hand further into the machinery.

May 10, 2010 7:33 am - Posted by Will Mann  | Comments ( 0 )
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Fatal accident leads to telehandler warning

The Health & Safety Executive has issued a safety warning after a 36-year-old man was crushed by the descending boom of the telehandler he was operating.

The man was thought to have been leaning through the broken window aperture of the telehandler at the time. It is not known where the incident took place.

This is the third such fatal accident in the last seven years.

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March 24, 2010 10:24 am - Posted by Will Mann  | Comments ( 0 )
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