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A 24 year old worker employed by Duco International Ltd died whilst operating machinery at the the company's premises on Slough Trading Estate as he worked on a night shift on the 15th of January 2008.
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A 24 year old worker employed by Duco International Ltd died whilst operating machinery at the the company's premises on Slough Trading Estate as he worked on a night shift on the 15th of January 2008.
No risk assessment had been carried out on the machine he was operating at the time of the accident and the employee had not received enough training on operating the machine.
The employee was operating an automatic inspection machine, checking for flaws on rolls of rubber and cloth printing blanket when the un-witnessed accident happened. Another worker heard a "muffled cry" and discovered the deceased badly injured and trapped beneath a blanket and a roller.
The employee died of his injuries at the scene before he could be moved from the machine. It was reported that the official in charge of Health and Safety at the factory had resigned a month earlier because of concerns that an accident was going to happen.
The accident was only possible because Duco had not risk assessed the machine which had not been checked after a modification had been made. Its lack of guarding permitted access to the dangerous parts and employee information, instruction and training on the machine were inadequate.
At Reading Crown Court Duco International Limited of Irlam, Manchester, admitted breaching S.2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and r.3(1)(a) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and was fined £200,000 plus £43,352 costs.
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