College is fined £40k after student severs fingers in mitre saw

19-year-old still facing more surgery

- Rob Andrews

A COLLEGE has been fined £40,000 after a student's fingers were severed when his hand came into contact with a mitre saw.

Aaron Maguire, below, was a second year horticulture student at Reaseheath College, in Nantwich, when his hand came into contact with the blade of the saw in 2023.

He had been using it to cut a piece of wood along its length when the wood twisted and pulled his hand into the cutting disc of the saw. This resulted in the then 17-year-old cutting through several fingers and the thumb on his left hand.

Following an eight-hour operation, surgeons managed to successfully re-attach Aaron's thumb and index finger, but the middle finger could not be saved.

Keen hockey player Aaron, who is now 19, says everyday tasks were now more difficult.