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Workers' fingers amputated after horror incidents at bedding factory

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Two men working in the factory of a bedding manufacturer had fingers amputated after 'serious and avoidable' incidents, the Health and Safety Executive has said after a prosecution.

Sartex Quilts and Textiles Ltd, based in Rochdale, has now been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds for breaches of workplace health and safety laws.

The HSE said both employees were seriously injured during separate incidents at the company's site at Castle Mill, Queensway, near Castleton.

In one incident in March 2020, a clamp on a machine came down, trapping a 32-year-old man's left hand and causing a circular saw to move. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...

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