"while carrying out his job, accidentally cut four fingers..."

 

We have said countless times that there is nothing wrong with older machinery. Yet, the workplace must acknowledge that older machinery may not have the latest safety mechanisms. For example, machine guarding on older machines is non existent. Here is a recent incident that we assume occurred to a lack of proper machine guarding.

Accident at work, 35-year-old worker injured

Accident in the (name omitted) area, 35-year-old transported to (about 50 km): the man, while carrying out his job, accidentally cut four fingers

A serious accident at work occurred last night in (town name omitted), in the province of (name omitted), within a company specializing in the production of aluminum packaging and containers.

A 35-year-old worker was injured in his hand while he was using a machine.

Accident in the (name omitted) area, 35-year-old urgently transported to hospital

The man, while carrying out his job, accidentally cut four fingers. (local emergency management systems) was immediately alerted. The rescuers, who promptly arrived on the scene, urgently transported the 35-year-old to the (50 km to a nearby hospital) for the necessary treatment and all the checks.

The police and labor inspectors intervened at the scene of the accident. Investigations have been launched in order to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the incident and verify compliance with safety regulations in the workplace.

We offer our sincere prayers to the injured worker. We pray that one or more fingers were able to be reattached.

There are numerous articles on machine guarding and older machinery here.

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