Keywords: manufacturer, design flaw, motor mower, exposed rotor, amputation,
Delayed machine modification led to amputations
Prosecutions and Claims |
01.01.2005
A motor mower manufacturer has landed £196,000 in fines and costs for failing to modify a design flaw that led to three accidents and two amputated hands.
Oxfordshire-based Kubota UK promised to make changes to its GCD360 powered grass collector after the HSE investigated an accident ...
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