{"id":9966,"date":"2021-03-10T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/?p=9966"},"modified":"2021-03-10T17:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:12:45","slug":"foundry-fined-for-exposing-workers-to-hand-arm-vibration-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/foundry-fined-for-exposing-workers-to-hand-arm-vibration-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundry fined for exposing workers to hand-arm vibration risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>A large foundry has been fined after a number of its workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).<\/p>\n<p>The Magistrates Court heard how three employees, the earliest of which had used vibrating tools at the company since 1989, had developed and were subsequently diagnosed with HAVS in 2016. Despite the diagnosis, one of the workers continued working with vibrating tools, without effective measures to control the risk. The employees used tools such as hand grinders, air chisels, spindle grinders, and earlier on in their employment, jackhammers to finish cast iron drainage products.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that until 19 December 2017, the vibration risk assessment did not identify each employee\u2019s daily exposure to vibration and did not measure cumulative exposures of using different vibrating tools throughout a shift. The investigation also found there was inadequate health surveillance in place and employees were not made aware of HAVS and its symptoms. Despite health surveillance notifying the company of a HAVS diagnosis, the company had failed to take effective action to adjust the affected worker\u2019s job, meaning staff continued to be exposed to excessive vibration.<\/p>\n<p>The company pleaded guilty to failing to discharge the duty imposed upon it by Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at work etc Act 1974. They were fined \u00a3500,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a39,453.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the hearing, the HSE inspector said: \u201cThis was an established multinational company that had the resources to protect its workers from the effects of excessive vibration, but failed to do so over a long period of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll employers have a duty to provide effective measures to ensure the health of their staff is not seriously or permanently harmed by the work they are asked to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large foundry has been fined after a number of its workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9966","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 - 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