Keywords: Health and Safety, JG Meats, John Graham, thumb,

Butcher's thumb cut off by unguarded blade

Prosecutions and Claims |
30.04.2008

A Bolton butcher's shop has been fined after a 22-year-old employee lost part of his thumb while slicing meat.

David Leach had been using a band saw to slice frozen meat when the meat became stuck and his hand was drawn towards the unguarded revolving blade.

His thumb was cut off at t ...

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