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Accidents notified, included a young woman who severely
damaged a finger by getting it caught between a strong room door
and frame; a young girl who lacerated a finger on an unguarded
gravity feed slicing machine, two men, one an old age pensioner
who received fractured arms by falling from step-ladders. In one
case the ladder collapsed due to a defective jointing pin. This
was reported to the engineering division of the Factory Inspectorate
who advised the manufacturers as to the modification required
to, prevent further accidents of this kind. In the other case, the
man was standing on the platform of a ladder without proper support.
The ladder toppled over throwing him onto a concrete floor.