Company Fined After Man Crushed by Machinery at Work

An engineering company has been fined £80,000 after a man was crushed by machinery at work and killed. Connor Borthwick, 22, became trapped under a large cutting machine which had become unbalanced at Partwell Special Steels Limited in Blackburn on 25 November 2021. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said his death could have been avoided if the company had taken appropriate assessments of the risks involved.

Mr Borthwick, of Wigan, was 'amazing and caring', his family said, adding that 'simple steps' should have been taken to keep him safe. An investigation found that Mr Borthwick and another colleague were trying to move the machine across the workshop floor, using skates placed underneath, when it became unbalanced. The machine was being lowered by a jack on to one of the skates, and as it became unbalanced it fell backwards on to Mr Borthwick, trapping him beneath and causing fatal injuries. Speaking on behalf of the family, his sister Emily said he was her 'amazing, caring, loving and funny little brother'.'He was a good soul, and this was evident from the more than 700 people who came to his funeral to pay their respects and share their personal accounts of how Connor had touched their lives.'Tragic incident' HSE said Partwell Special Steels Limited had not undertaken an assessment of the risks involved with moving the machine and that the task had not been suitably planned and no safe system of work had been provided to the employees.HSE said a suitable and sufficient assessment of the work equipment provided would have shown that the skates used were unsuitable for the work. The company pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.HSE Inspector Anthony Banks said: 'This company's failures resulted in the death of a much loved young ma

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