Once Again Tory Deputy Leader Of Rutland County Council is Fined after machine operator suffered serious hand injuries Oakham Rutland
Cllr Terry Kings factory has been fined before on the 09/10/2000 it was fined £9,000.00
after a contractor was injured on site.
In a the same year one of his Tory Colleagues was also fined £8,000
I once blogged after seeing a promotional video at a employment event and pointed
out I had seen a machine being operated with no guard. In the same post I mentioned
a comment made by Cllr Adam Lowe who told me he had worked for Mr Kings firms
and had serious concerns about health and safety and working conditions.
Cllr Terry King responded by sending me a very rude email from the councils system
threatening to sue me. I had missed the court case so I did not challenge him.
Recently he sent me another snotty email or should I say unsolicited rant. The man is clearly
unfit to be the deputy leader of Rutland County Council.
This time around Cllr Kings company has been fined more money.
Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard Belvoir Associates Ltd, of Oakham, in Rutland, had modified a portable dust extraction system, which was regularly blocked with wooden off-cuts.
Cllr Terry Kings factory has been fined before on the 09/10/2000 it was fined £9,000.00
after a contractor was injured on site.
In a the same year one of his Tory Colleagues was also fined £8,000
I once blogged after seeing a promotional video at a employment event and pointed
out I had seen a machine being operated with no guard. In the same post I mentioned
a comment made by Cllr Adam Lowe who told me he had worked for Mr Kings firms
and had serious concerns about health and safety and working conditions.
Cllr Terry King responded by sending me a very rude email from the councils system
threatening to sue me. I had missed the court case so I did not challenge him.
Recently he sent me another snotty email or should I say unsolicited rant. The man is clearly
unfit to be the deputy leader of Rutland County Council.
This time around Cllr Kings company has been fined more money.
Belvoir Associates Ltd, of Oakham has been fined £20,000 after a machine operator suffered serious hand injuries in a makeshift vacuum cleaner.
Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard Belvoir Associates Ltd, of Oakham, in Rutland, had modified a portable dust extraction system, which was regularly blocked with wooden off-cuts.
The 46-year-old employee suffered multiple finger fractures and dislocations and needed several operations.
He has undergone physiotherapy but has lost 40 per cent of the use of his hand and is not expected to regain full use of his fingers.
The employee was off work for 10 months, but has returned to a different job at the children’s bedroom furniture manufacturer.
The court heard a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the company had failed to assess what risks the machine posed to those using it.
In addition, no training or information had been provided to employees and the injured employee was unaware of the location of any rotating fan blades.
The company, of Pillings Road, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act ,1974 and on Friday (23) was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £4,449 in costs.
After the hearing, HSE inspector David Lefever said: “This incident was foreseeable and preventable. As soon as the unit was converted, several significant risks resulted.
“It was, in effect, a Heath Robinson arrangement of domestic pipe fittings, flexible hoses and duct tape, none of which constituted the provision of fixed guards.”
He added: “Belvoir Associates failed to see any of the potential dangers arising from the new use of the unit because it neglected to properly judge the risks.
“It also failed to act once it became aware of the blockages in the machinery and instead left individual operators to unblock the unit resulting in the development of unsafe methods.”
