An unsupervised and untrained employee of Rochdale-based Adelaide Engineering Company Ltd lost three fingers in a high-speed industrial saw. The 64cm long blade was being used to cut steel just 5cm wide, but lacked an adjustable guard for the unused part of the blade.
The company admitted breaching Regulation 3(1)(a) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, and was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £2,514 in prosecution costs on 25 November 2011.
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Legal notes:
- Regulation 3(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 states: “Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst they are at work…”
- Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 states: “It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees.”
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