Global snack giant United Biscuits was fined £10,000 last week by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker had two fingers sliced off by a mixing machine.
UK speciality bread manufacturer Country Style Foods has received a fine and was also ordered to pay costs after a court found that it failed to protect a worker and ruled that the firm has been in breach of equipment regulations during an incident at...
Injuries at bakeries will be a major focus for 2005/6, says the
UK's industry inspection body, yet the unions believe there is even
less funding this year to implement health and safety regulations,
writes Lorraine Heller.
Too many UK bakeries either don't know or don't care about limits
on workers' exposure to potentially asthma-causing dust from flour
and bread mixes, according to one union official, as the
government's work safety...
