Cannock storage firm fined £10k over safety breach

A storage company in Staffordshire has been ordered to pay £15,500 for failing to protect a worker who was injured after being pulled into machinery.

Adrian Taylor was working on a rolling machine when he was dragged into the workings by his high-visibility vest and jacket which had become caught in the spindle of the machine.

The 41-year-old father-of-two, from Cannock, still suffers from headaches and pain in his muscles following the accident at Stakapal Ltd in Norton Canes last December.

The company, based in Betty's Lane, yesterday pleaded guilty at Stafford Magistrates Court to a breach of health and safety regulations.

The court heard that Mr Taylor was adjusting the rollers to produce brackets from an unusually thick steel sheet when his clothing became caught.

The married father suffered a number of injuries including several cuts to his head and back, a swollen cheek bone, bruises on his right arm and a puncture hole in his right elbow.