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Farm fined after worker's leg trapped in a potato harvester

According to the Health and Safety Executive, the unnamed employee had been assessing a blockage in a potato harvester machine

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Joseph Wright, a HSE inspector, said: "This case was a wholly avoidable incident caused by the failure to follow the safe stop procedure for the potato harvester, and ensure that the machine was fully isolated before a blockage was addressed."
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Joseph Wright, a HSE inspector, said: "This case was a wholly avoidable incident caused by the failure to follow the safe stop procedure for the potato harvester, and ensure that the machine was fully isolated before a blockage was addressed."

A farm business in Cheshire has been fined after an employee managed to trap his leg in a potato harvester. Knutsford-based potato farm LP Ollier & Son was fined at Warrington Magistrates' Court earlier...

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