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A young employee had to have his left arm amputated after it was trapped in a piece of workplace machinery at Natural World Products Ltd. in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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A young employee had to have his left arm amputated after it was trapped in a piece of workplace machinery at Natural World Products Ltd. in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
While conducting his daily check on 29 June 2010 the employee had noticed a piece of wood had been caught under the conveyor of the screening machine and suffered severe injuries to his arm when he attempted to remove it.
The machine was unguarded and a HSENI investigation has determined that the original guard had been tampered with and reduced in size in order to allow maintenance staff access to internal machine parts while it was running.
The HSENI inspector, Kevin Campbell warned, "It is essential that companies identify and address hazards within the workplace. Measures must be taken to control and limit access to dangerous moving parts of machines. Companies must ensure that maintenance teams are trained in identifying missing or defective guards and the importance of replacing guards that are removed during maintenance operations."
The company responded that since the accident they have replaced the guard and also that the injured employee has returned to work and had work equipment specially modified for his needs.
Inspector Campbell stated however, "The company should have either left the guard on, or adapted and refitted it so that it covered all the dangerous moving parts of the machine."
On 7 October Natural World Products Ltd. were fined £5000 by the Newry Crown Court after pleading guilty to Article 4 of the Health and Safety at Work Order and failing in their responsibility to provide a safe working environment.
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