Company fined over health and safety negligence
Pemberton Timber Frame Ltd, based in Kent, has been fined and ordered to pay costs following an avoidable injury to one of its workers. The company manufactures timber frame structures for the construction industry. One of its workers was operating a panel saw and was asked to perform a rip cut on a length of timber, meaning he needed to cut down its thickness. This required him to pass the timber through the panel saw multiple times because the timber was too thick for the blade to cut in a single pass. He successfully completed the first cut, but on [...]