Biscuit manufacturer fined by HSE after mixing machine accident
Posted by Neil WorrallUnited Biscuits employee’s fingers severed by industrial machine
Well known biscuit manufacturer United Biscuits, makers of McVitie’s biscuits, has received a £10,000 fine from the Health and Safety Executive after an employee lost her fingers in a mixing machine at its Halifax factory.
In a hearing at Halifax Magistrates, the court was told how the unnamed woman lost two fingers on her right hand when she attempted to clear… read more
