Recycling firm fined for crush injury

A metal recycling firm has been fined £8,000 after a worker’s hand was crushed as he attempted to clear a blockage on a magnet conveyor.

European Metal Recycling Limited, of Alexandra Dock 1, Bootle, Merseyside was today also ordered to pay £5,506.50 in costs after pleading guilty to a health and safety offence.

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