A brick manufacturer has been fined £200,000 after a worker was drawn into machinery and had his left arm amputated and was left paralysed from the chest down.
Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard how on 8 July 2017, Eddie Ely, a chargehand with Forterra Building Products, was working with colleagues to remove a blockage on a conveyor when he was drawn into the conveyor system. Guards had been removed from the machine but the power had not been isolated.
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