01/02/2011 - Bakery fined over severed fingers
A bakery has been fined after an employee severed two fingers while operating unsafe machinery.
City of London Magistrates' Court heard that 26-year-old Raakesh Patel was trying to clear a dough blockage at the Ixxy's Bagels factory in Park Royal, north-west London, when a moving blade severed the middle and ring fingers on his right hand down to the knuckle.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said Ixxy's Bagels Ltd was aware the equipment was faulty at the time of the incident in November 2007. The rotating blade in the bagel dividing machine continued even when the rear doors were opened.
Despite being aware of this fault, the HSE said Ixxy's failed to take adequate steps to prevent Mr Patel, of Harrow, from using the machine.
Ixxy's Bagels Ltd, of Harley Street, London, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 5(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and was fined £2,250 with £9,719 costs.
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