Manufacturer penalised after machine guarding failure broke worker's ribs
Photo: Manchester Breakdown Services MB21 DAF @ Queens Road 125 by Hullian111, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
HSE reported that a manufacturing company was fined after a worker fractured twelve ribs in a pillar drill incident. Fixed-machine guarding duties apply across timber and packaging workshops.
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- Source organisation
- Health and Safety Executive
- Original date
- 26 Aug 2026
- Published by us
- 17 Sept 2026
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