WORKER BADLY INJURED: FIFE FIRM BACK IN DOCK AND FINED
A worker sustained horrific injuries after being struck by highly pressurised water during hydraulic testing on machinery. His employer has been fined £161,250 ($218,460) for breaching health and safety law. A testing booth should have remained automatically locked when it presented a danger to employees but this safety measure failed. The breach of health and safety legislation spanned a period of almost a decade, from the installation of the booth until the accident in 2020.
The employee noticed a leak from the machinery he was testing, went into the booth to carry out adjustments with a spanner and was struck by highly pressurised water. The accident took place at a facility, where a similar incident occurred in 2015. On that occasion, a worker lost a hand after being struck by machinery during testing.