Leeds printer fined £k100

A Leeds commercial printing company has been fined £100,000 after an employee’s hand was crushed by a laminating machine. The employee was attempting to fix a laminating machine when his right hand was drawn into the device and crushed between two rollers. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the incident found the laminating machine was not adequately guarded and that the company failed to review existing risk assessments for the machine which required the production of a safe system of work.