Keywords: fingers, Michelin, tyre maker, Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, machine, guard,

'Profit before safety' costs Michelin £112k August 2006

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.08.2006

Tyre maker Michelin has been fined £100,000 following an incident in which an employee lost three fingers in a machine whose guard had been removed to make it run more smoothly.

Kenny Beech was working on a tyre-detreading machine at the company's Stoke-on-Trent factory on 7 September ...

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