Company ignored workers' concerns over glove policy

摘要

A global chemical firm has admitted it failed to identify that its glove-wearing policy created entanglement risks for it workers. INEOS Enterprises Ltd introduced a policy at its site in Weston Point Salt Walks, Runcorn, which required workers to wear gloves when using machinery. On 21 September 2010, a 58-year-old worker was operating a metal-working lathe to remove rust from a hitch pin, which is used to connect a trailer to a vehicle. He was holding a metal file while he rotated the pin, when his glove snagged on it and his hand was pulled into the rotating mechanism. He suffered damage to three fingers, one of which had to be amputated.