Steel firm fined £200,000 after worker's death
A MANUFACTURING firm has been fined £200,000 following the death of a worker.
Alan Gerrard (47), from Rotherham, died when his clothing was caught up in a machine which caused crush injuries in January 2013.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that the agency worker, a father-of-two, was working at McCalls Special Products Limited of Caxton Way in Dinnington when he died.
He had been working there for three weeks.
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Hide AdThe company pleaded guilty to breaches of Section 2 and Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act etc 1974 and was fined £200,000 as well as £16,804 in costs.
Inspector Denise Fotheringham, of the Health and Safety Executive, said the machine Mr Gerrard was working on should have been adequately guarded and a risk assessment made by the firm.