Munkul
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If they had all the correct and reasonable controls and all they lacked was a suitable RA/procedure, then I highly doubt they would have been slapped with a half mill fine.Reading between the lines of the article in the original post, it seems to suggests that the main “failing” was not having the right paperwork once again.
If they were an inexperienced apprentice let loose without supervision, then the company deserves all it gets - but if they were experienced in operating a lathe they really should have known better, irrespective of what is or isn’t written on a risk assessment.
There are 3 things things we know for a fact:
- emery paper is used by lots of manual machinists on lathes to compensate for worn tooling, for creeping up on a fit, to compensate for poor cutting, etc.
- emery paper held by hand on a lathe is dangerous, well documented over the years, and should not be allowed by any company large enough to have dedicated H&S staff.
- This accident occurred in a large company