Dudley-based firm fined £2,000 after worker loses finger
A manufacturing firm has been fined £2,000 for safety failings after an employee injured his finger at work, leading it to be amputated.
AirDesign (UK), which manufactures heat recovery units from its base in Halesowen Road, Netherton, Dudley, was ordered to pay the fine and costs of £632.68 at a court hearing.
Dudley Magistrates' Court heard how on March 10, a 36-year-old employee of the firm was operating an unguarded notching machine when his finger became entangled in the machinery.
This caused injury to a finger on his left hand which later required amputation to the second joint.
The business was fined, ordered to pay costs and also a victim surcharge of £120 after pleading guilty to an offence under Regulation 11 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
Speaking after the hearing, Health and Safety Executive inspector Karl Raw said: "The need to guard dangerous machinery is well known with established industry guidance available in relation to standards and methods."
