'This is dangerous practice that may result in serious injury or even death' - HSE

A SOUTH Derbyshire manufacturer has been fined £16,000 after an 18-year-old employee broke his arm when he became entangled in a machine.

- By OSCAR FISHER

The unnamed worker, based at Isoma Limited's factory at George Holmes Business Park, Swadlincote, got caught in a manual lathe on December 1, 2023.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says the young employee was "deburring" by hand without using a protective appliance when his arm became caught in the rotating lathe.

An investigation by the HSE found that Isoma Limited had failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment for deburring using emery cloth on a manual lathe and had no safe system of work in place.