date:Jul 03, 2012
e reached too far into the hopper and his right hand was pulled into a screw conveyor, a machine which uses a rotating screw blade to break biscuits as they travel up a tube
The worker injured a number of fingers but his middle finger was so badly damaged it had to be amputated, said the HSE.
The subsequent investigation led to a prosecution against the firm after safety authorities found that both the hopper and the screw conveyor were unguarded and that they had been since the machine was b