04/01/2011 - Manufacturer fined over man's death
A packaging manufacturer has been fined after a maintenance worker suffered fatal head injuries at a factory.
Father-of-three Clive Hall was working inside the 'cut and crease' machine at Glossop Carton and Print Ltd's factory on Platt Street in Padfield in September 2006 when the machine was activated while he was still inside.
The 50-year-old suffered fatal head injuries, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
The company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an investigation into his death.
Mr Hall, from Denton in Tameside, was struck on the head by bars that transfer cardboard through the machine and was killed instantly. He had been working at the company for less than two months.
At an earlier hearing at Chesterfield Magistrates' Court in May 2010, Glossop Carton and Print Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 by putting workers at risk. The firm was fined £50,000 with £76,150 costs at Birmingham Crown Court.
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