Packaging manufacturer fines £60,000 after worker suffers crush injury

A plastic packaging company has been prosecuted by HSE after a worker suffered a severe crush injury when their hand was drawn into a laminating machine at its manufacturing site. The worker was required to have two operations on their hand and required physiotherapy to rebuild strength.

The company had failed to provide a fixed guard to prevent access to moving parts. The risk assessment and safe system of work were not suitable and sufficient. The company pleaded guilty to Regulation 11(1) of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and was fined £60,000.

The same company was convicted of health and safety offences in November 2025 following a fatal incident on another of its sites.

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