Workwear company fined £400,000

A workwear company has been fined £400,000 after an employee had the skin ripped off the palm of her left hand whilst attempting to clean a sensor to initiate movement of a conveyor belt.  An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company had inadequately guarded machinery, did not have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment for the machinery that caused the injury and inadequate health and safety management systems in place.