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News Release from: HSE Health and Safety Executive
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 July 2006
Company fined following injury at
Wembley Stadium
Mr Ian Goom, trading as Aztec Screeding, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire was this week (17 July 2006) fined £3000 and ordered to pay £3028 costs at the City of London Magistrates Court.
Mr Ian Goom, trading as Aztec Screeding, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire was this week (17 July 2006) fined £3000 and ordered to pay £3028 costs at the City of London Magistrates Court The prosecution, brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), followed its investigation into an incident in which a construction worker's fingers were partially amputated
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Speaking after the case, investigating inspector Simon Hester said: "The risks associated employing young people are well known, mangers of young persons should take into account their inexperience and possible lack of awareness in assessing potential dangers".
"Had Mr Goom ensured the screed pump on site was properly maintained, that the manufacturers operating instructions were followed and that his employee was adequately supervised, the accident involving Mr Haywood would not have happened." Mr Robert Haywood, 18 at the time of the incident, also of Chalfont St Peter, was involved in work to lay concrete flooring at Wembley National Stadium using a screed pump; a machine that first mixes the cement and then under high pressure pumps the cement through a pipe to the area being worked on.
On his fourth day at work on the site, 14 December 2004, a safety grill, designed to prevent access to the mixing paddles inside the machine, had been removed and a safety interlock switch had been overridden.
Whilst emptying a bag of cement into the mixing chamber of the pump the young employees' left hand was dragged into the machine.
Three of his fingers were crushed requiring partial amputation down to his first knuckle.
Mr Goom pleaded guilty to breaching the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, Regulation 11 in that he did not ensure measures had been taken to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery.
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