Firm fined over finger accidentA manufacturing company has been fined £10,000 after a worker's fingertip was severed in an industrial accident.
Allan Formoy, 57, from Bradford, was freeing a mechanical jam on a machine that puts metal pins on to a grinding line, at Federal Mogul Bradford Ltd's premises in the city, when his finger became trapped and the tip severed.
In a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation, officials found that control measures, such as a safety guard that could have prevented the March 2009 incident, were not in place.
The firm, which is part of global engineering giant Federal Mogul Corporation, admitted breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and Regulation 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. It was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £5,000 costs at Bradford Magistrates' Court.
HSE inspector Morag Irwin said: "Fitting guards is not a costly, time-consuming or difficult task, and had they been in place this incident would not have occurred and a painful injury could have been avoided."
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