Staffordshire firm fined after worker loses arm
A Rugeley firm has been given a £40,000 bill after a Polish worker caught his arm in the rollers of a potato grading machine and had to have it amputated.
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Marek Wasilewski, aged 35, of Swadlincote, was trying to clean the rollers of the machine at Blakenhall Park, Barr Lane, Barton under Needwood, when the incident occurred on November 12, 2013.
The Health and Safety Executive subsequently prosecuted his employer W B Daw & Son or Rugeley and an investigation found unsafe working practices were in place including cleaning the rollers while they were still rotating.
The firm was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of £25,000 at Stafford Crown Court for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
