Northants News (Evening Telegraph):
A businessman has been fined £60,000 after ordering a worker to clean a moving machine that trapped and mangled his arm.
The worker at Islip Furnace industrial estate in Kettering Road, Islip, was so badly injured that his arm had to be amputated.
A second man who suffered similar injuries did not lose his arm but is still undergoing operations to repair the damage.
Paul Richard Llewellyn James, 58, of Cranford, admitted two breaches of the Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 when he appeared at Northampton Crown Court. He was also ordered to pay £17,500 in court costs.
Sentencing Mr James, Judge Charles Wide said: "It is perfectly clear to me you had a slap-dash approach to safety. These very serious matters amount to cost-cutting for profit."
Read more on the ET story at
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Boss-fined-60000-for-arm.5817174.jp
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