A Washington firm has been fined £2,000 after a worker lost a finger operating dangerous machinery that the company knew was defective.
Tanfield Metal Spinners Limited, of Parsons Industrial Estate, Washington, was also ordered to pay costs of £1,056 at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court on Friday (26 February) after pleading guilty to breaching the Power and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
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