sherdley published £60k fine for firm after worker slipped into conveyor

A manufacturing company was fined £60,000 after a worker slipped into a conveyor and suffered multiple fractures to his left leg and injuries to both thighs.SPS Aerostructures Limited, of Sherwood Business Park, Annesley, pleaded guilty to offences under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER).At Nottingham Crown Court, the fine was issued and an order to pay costs of £11,038.The company had been cleaning excess metal 'swarf' from a conveyor to try to clear a