A factory in Ashton-under-Lyne has been fined £26,000 after one of its workers suffered major injuries when he became trapped in rotating machinery.

The employee was pulled into a 14-foot-high metal-shaping machine when his overalls became entangled. He was working at ADA Machining Services Ltd on Kayley Industrial Estate, Richmond Street, on 2 January 2008
The 53-year-old from Manchester, who has asked not to be named, lost one finger on his right hand and badly injured another. He suffered a dozen broken ribs, a cracked breast bone and friction burns to the left hand side of his body.

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the company had failed to comply with a health and safety law requiring it to prevent access to any dangerous parts of machinery.

ADA Machining pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was ordered to pay £6,220 towards the costs of the prosecution in addition to the fine at Manchester Crown Court on 22 June 2010.
 

Source: HSE