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Worker loses part of his foot in animal feed pressing machinery incident

Animal feed manufacturer William Thompson (York) Ltd has been fined 拢500,000 for failing to protect the employee from dangerous parts of machinery

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 2 min read
A CCTV image of the pressing machine. HSE said there were only two bars of guarding above the rotating auger which enabled the worker鈥檚 foot to slip through to the blade. (HSE)
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A CCTV image of the pressing machine. HSE said there were only two bars of guarding above the rotating auger which enabled the worker鈥檚 foot to slip through to the blade. (HSE)

An animal feed manufacturer in Yorkshire has been fined half a million pounds after a worker lost part of his foot in a machinery-related incident. William Thompson (York) Limited, based in Malton,...

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