County Durham firm fined after worker crushed to death
A County Durham engineering firm has been fined £100,000, and ordered to pay £44,000 in costs, after a worker was crushed to death while clearing a jam on a production line, after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
A County Durham firm has been fined £10,500 after a worker had three fingers severed while using a bandsaw.