Food firm fined after failure to "lock off" power
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
An international frozen food company has been fined after a
worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial
freezer.
Thomas Munford, from Bourne, was clearing ice from the inside of
the freezer when a colleague switched it on, not realising he was
inside. Mr Munford was working a night shift at the Bourne factory
of PinguinLutosa Foods UK Ltd on 21 November 2008.
The vegetable flow freezer, a piece of equipment that freezes
pre-washed vegetables, included a large stirrer to help distribute
the vegetables on to a conveyor. Mr Munford was hit by the blades
on the stirrer before he could jump clear. He suffered severe
bruising to his legs.
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