Infinity Metals Ltd admitted health and safety breaches after the accident in 2020.
A scrap metal company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost parts of four fingers while operating poorly maintained machinery.
The man had to have parts of his fingers amputated after he caught his hand in a cutting machine at Infinity Metals Ltd in Stanningley, Leeds.The Health and Safety Executive fined the company £26,680 plus costs.It said the Chichester-based company pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 at a hearing on 9 November.
"This incident could so easily have been avoided by simply maintaining the machinery in good working order, ensuring that the correct control measures were present, and ensuring that safe working practices were adhered too."
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