An engineering company has been fined £500,000 after a teenage apprentice cut his finger off with a bandsaw, the safety watchdog has said.
He completely severed one finger and "severely damaged" another which - although reattached - still had "very little movement" and nerve damage, the HSE said. The company had previously pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3 and 33 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.The HSE said its investigation into the incident found the apprentice was permitted to cut lengths of steel to practice welding on with a horizontal bandsaw after "a brief period of verbal training".
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