Major UK food company fined £800,000 after workers suffer life changing injuries
19.03.2024 - 12:17
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One of the nation's largest producers of supermarket pizzas has been fined £800,000 after part of a worker's middle finger was severed. And in a seperate incident at the Stateside Foods factory in Bolton, another worker needed a skin graft after his arm was drawn into an 'inadequately guarded' conveyor belt.
Stateside Foods Ltd produces millions of pizzas each year, all supplied to major UK supermarkets. The firm's Bolton factory is based in Westhoughton.
Father-of-two Andrew Holloway has told how his 'fingers were hanging off' after his hand was drawn between a roller and a conveyor belt on a production line. He endured two operations to remove part of his damaged finger.
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In a statement supplied by the Heath and Safety Executive, Mr Holloway said he was left unable to look after his young son. The incident happened on October 14, 2020.
He said: "My right hand was drawn into the roller on the machine and when I pulled my hand out my fingers were hanging off. I was taken to hospital and was in and out of consciousness due to the shock and pain I was suffering.
"The pain was unbearable after the initial shock wore off; I have never experienced pain this bad in my life before. After I woke from the first operation, the surgeon informed me that he could not save my middle finger and had to remove the top section. They managed to save my ring finger by inserting a wire into it."
Mr Holloway said he required a second operation to remove more of his middle finger as the tissue had not healed properly. He added: "I was unable to care for my three-year-old son after the accident as I couldn't even get myself
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