A man lost three fingers after his hand was drawn into a piece of factory machinery.
John Cotton Group Limited, a bedding manufacturer, faced legal action following the incident on December 9, 2020 – which resulted in one of its machine operators having three fingers on his left hand amputated. The incident occurred due to there being inadequate procedures in place to allow safe interventions with machinery.
The 36-year-old victim, from Wigan, had noticed a fault with the machine at the company's Snuggledown premises in Ashton-in-Makerfield and in an attempt to resolve the issue, tried to power down the machine to allow access. However, the machine was still moving, and his left hand contacted dangerous moving parts.
