{"id":10641,"date":"2022-01-19T11:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/?p=10641"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:33:08","slug":"manufacturing-company-fined-after-workers-exposed-to-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/manufacturing-company-fined-after-workers-exposed-to-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing company fined after workers exposed to risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>A metals fabrication company have been sentenced for health breaches after several workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or carpal tunnel syndrome. A Magistrates\u2019 Court heard that the company was visited by the Health &amp; Safety Executive in March 2018 following a concern received from an employee. During that visit it was found that there were multiple health and safety breaches, resulting in the company being issued with Improvement Notices.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that there were systemic failings to recognise the risk of hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or to take appropriate action to control exposure. Of particular concern were accounts from employees of pain and tingling in their fingers, hands and arms and that there were no limits on their use of vibrating tools such as angle grinders.<\/p>\n<p>The metals fabrication company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health &amp; Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company has been fined \u00a390,000 and ordered to pay \u00a314,061 in costs. Speaking after the hearing, an HSE inspector said: \u201cWork activities involving vibrating tools should be properly assessed so that appropriate controls can be implemented to avoid exposing employees to harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployees suffering from HAVS can experience difficulty in carrying out tasks in the workplace involving fine or manipulative work and are less able to work in cold conditions. Sadly, these effects can be permanent and life changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/\">Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A metals fabrication company have been sentenced for health breaches after several workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manufacturing company fined after workers exposed to risk - MBO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/manufacturing-company-fined-after-workers-exposed-to-risk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manufacturing company fined after workers exposed to risk - 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