UK-based private-label supplier Bakkavor has admitted breaching health and safety after being fined over an employee incident at its facility in Harrow.
Staff member Sushila Patel had the top of a finger sliced off as she was picking up dough balls being discarded from a faulty machine at the pizza production facility. As a result of the August incident, Bakkavor was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after safety failings were identified at the plant.
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Bakkavor was fined GBP20,000 (US$32,304), the maximum magistrates were able to impose, and ordered to pay GBP12,484 in costs after admitting a breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations Act 1998.
A spokesperson for Bakkavor said the company takes health and safety “extremely seriously” and acknowledged the decision made by Westminster Magistrate’s Court in respect of the breach.
“We sincerely regret the injuries sustained by the employee concerned. We strive to ensure that every employee at Bakkavor works in a safe environment and have undertaken a thorough investigation into this incident to seek to prevent any similar occurrences in the future.”
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