RNN media information for journalists and the press - Press Releases - NORFOLK MANUFACTURER PROSECUTED FOR GUARDING FAILURE - Regional News Network: A manufacturer of steel building materials has been fined for safety failings after an employee sustained a serious hand injury on a poorly guarded machine in Norfolk.
Antonio Pires, aged 63, from Watton, was operating a power press to form sheet metal at Worldwide Steels Limited, trading as Sabrefix, in the town when the incident occurred on 18 May last year.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard today (10 September) that he was attempting to pull material through a gap in a guard on the machine when his right hand caught in the tooling. His index finger was completely severed and he also lost part of his ring finger, although this was surgically repaired.
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