"amputated all his fingers of his right hand.."

 

The importance of machine guarding is highlighted by this horrific incident.

In the (name omitted) district, a 23-year-old worker suffered a serious injury at work - he was amputated with all his fingers of his right hand. The accident occurred at the plant of (company name omitted), where they are engaged in the production of aluminum.

A young packer sawed wood bars on a finishing saw in the press shop. At some point, the safety technique failed – or rather, was absent. The worker was with his hand under the saw. The (government safety organization) completed the investigation and established that the instructions for labor protection did not specify safety measures in such operations. In addition, the worker was not provided with the necessary equipment that could prevent injury.

According to the deputy head of the department, (name omitted), it was these omissions that caused the tragedy. According to the results of the audit, the company was brought to administrative responsibility. The documents were sent to the (government organization) for the appointment of insurance payments to the victim, as well as to the (government prosecutor)- to consider the issue of initiating a criminal case.

We offer our sincere condolences to the injured worker. From the news report and other it appears the worker’s fingers were not able to be reattached. We pray that the injured worker is given training to be able to perform another task with his injury. We also pray that the injured worker is given mental health training.

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