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Construction materials company, Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK has been fined \u00a3400,000 after a worker was seriously injured, resulting in his left arm being amputated<\/h2>\n

Loughborough Magistrates\u2019 Court heard how, on 13 August 2017, a 48-year-old employee of Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK Limited was seriously injured when a rock handling belt failed at the company\u2019s plant in Barrow-Upon-Soar, Leicestershire.<\/p>\n

\"Saint-Gobain<\/a>Two employees had been clearing rock that had built up around the belt \u2013 as the belt had become so compacted it was difficult to remove by hand. Both men went to the isolator end of the belt and removed the local isolation with the guards still removed and pressed the \u2018start\/stop\u2019 button. On checking the tail-end of the drum they saw it had not cleared itself of rock. One of the men went to the opposite side of the tail-end drum to remove the rock and the pair were no longer in visual contact. His colleague pressed the start\/stop button again whilst his colleague\u2019s arm was in close proximity to the rotating drum and his arm was drawn in.<\/p>\n

HSE investigation<\/h3>\n

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) revealed there was no risk assessment<\/a> or safe system of work in place for clearing rock safely from tail-end drums.<\/p>\n

Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and has been fined \u00a3400,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a312,945.62.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the case HSE inspector Michelle Morrison, said: \u201cThis injury could easily have been prevented, had the risk have been identified.\u00a0Employers should make sure they properly assess and apply effective control measures to minimise the risk from dangerous parts of machinery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Section 2(1)<\/a> of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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