£230,000 fine after worker hurt in industrial accident
A timber supplier has been fined £230,000 after an industrial accident resulted in a worker losing part of his hand.
Avon Joinery was hit with the punishment after pleading guilty at Coventry Magistrates' Court to breaching health and safety regulations.
In February 2016, a 59 year-old employee at Avon Joinery's workshop in Rugby was using a circular saw to cut tapered strips of wood, when his hand came into contact with the saw. The man lost the tip of his left thumb and the majority of his first finger as a result of this inc... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
