Aug 3, 2022
Dyson fined £1.2m after milling machine fell on worker
Dyson has been fined over a million pounds after an employee was injured when a milling machine fell on him. Swindon Magistrates Court heard that the worker had been moving a 1.5 tonne milling machine along with a colleague when the incident occurred in August 2019.They lifted it up with a five-tonne jack, and were replacing some wheels with wooden blocks when it fell. Its investigators found that Dyson had not provided "Suitable and sufficient information, instruction and training" to its staff. The man escaped being crushed only because the machine landed on two toolboxes and the handle of another machine. "Those in control of work have a duty to assess the risks, devise safe methods of working and to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to their workforce," said Mr Hole."Had a suitable safe system of work been in place this incident and the related injuries could have been prevented," he added.
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