An engineering company has been fined £500,000 after a teenage apprentice cut his finger off with a bandsaw, the safety watchdog has said.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said the apprentice, then aged 18, was just over a month into his placement at Proline Engineering Limited in Worsley, Greater Manchester, in November 2022 when the incident occurred.
He completely severed one finger and “severely damaged” another which – although reattached – still had “very little movement” and nerve damage, the HSE said.
Proline Engineering Limited was fined £500,000 in Manchester Magistrates’ Court earlier this month, and ordered to pay another £5,317 in costs.
