Faulty equipment 'should be repaired'

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Faulty equipment 'should be repaired' Firms which own potentially dangerous machinery should ensure their workers are not exposed to any hazards while they are using them, following an incident at a packaging firm.

According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), faulty equipment should be checked out to make sure there is no risk in workers using the devices.

The advice comes after a 49-year-old worker lost the top of three fingers while attempting to clear a blockage in a machine.

A subsequent HSE inspection revealed that workers often had to clear jams in the machine and could easily have come into contact with a 1.7 metre long rotating auger.

HSE inspector Chris Goddard commented: "Unfortunately, the company became used to the machine being blocked, and did not realise the danger workers faced when they removed the pipe to clear jams.

"It should have looked in more detail at how its employees were dealing with the blockages, so that action could have been taken to prevent someone being injured."

Safety gloves could also be worn to prevent the same sort of incidents.
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