Ice cream accompaniment manufacturer Marcantonio Foods has been fined £300,000, after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metalworking lathe.
A north-west bakery has been ordered to pay more than £9,000, after one of its workers suffered serious injuries in an accident with a food-mixing machine.
The risk of injuries to workers in abattoirs caused by bandsaws used to cut up frozen primary meat carcases can now be reduced, thanks to the new BladeStop technology available from Interfood Butchery.
A vegetable firm has been ordered to pay £36,800 for safety failings, after a worker suffered a head injury when he became entangled in netting on a field near Boston, Lincolnshire.
A Kent-based fruit business has been fined for safety failings after it allowed a contractor to access a door for repair by standing on an apple box raised at height by a forklift truck.
English Provender Company Ltd has been fined £15,000 after a worker injured his hand while clearing a sugar dispensing machine at the firm’s Berkshire factory.
Animal feed firm AB Agri Limited – a subsidiary of Associated British Foods – has been fined £10,000, after two workers were seriously injured by a reversing heavy goods vehicle (HGV).
Poultry processor Faccenda Foods has been ordered to pay nearly £10,000 for safety failings, after a worker suffered serious injuries when his arm was dragged into an unguarded machine.
Yusen Logistics has been fined £11,000 and ordered to pay £1,067 in costs for safety failings after an agency worker fell from a loading ramp at its site on the Isle of Grain in Kent and suffered a broken thigh.
A cheese manufacturer has been fined £8,000 for safety failings after a worker injured his leg and ankle after falling from the forks of a forklift truck.
A workplace fall suffered by a 67-year old employee – who had worked for the company for more than 50 years – has led to a £4,000 bill for a Suffolk potato business.
An Essex kebab manufacturer has been ordered to pay £25,000 after one of its workers suffered “horrific injuries” when his hand was trapped in unguarded machinery.
Chocolate retailer Thorntons has been accused of putting its staff at risk and fined £20,000, after a worker's finger was dragged into a wrapping machine at its Derbyshire site.
Fresh food group Bakkavör has been accused of not putting enough thought into employee welfare after being hit with a pay-out totalling £12,026 when a female hygiene worker suffered serious injuries at a factory in Wigan.
A reduction in accidents should lead to lower insurance premiums for manufacturers across the food and drink sector, according to experts in the field.
