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Engineering firm fined £5,000 after worker’s finger severed (source –HSE)
The incident took place at the company’s plant at Carlin How, near Saltburn, on 25 May 2008, when a member of staff - Colin Hicks - had a finger cut off and another badly crushed while working with a pick and place transfer unit to stack parts.
Mr Hicks reached up to activate the limit switch with his right hand while resting his left hand on the unguarded carriageway for balance. As a result the drive wheels of the pick and place unit ran over his left hand that was still resting on the carriageway, severing one of his fingers and severely crushing a second.
