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Meat processor fined £140,000 after worker injured cutting pig tails

HSE said Suffolk-based company had not provided correct equipment or instructions

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
A meat processing firm has been fined £140,000 after worker had finger severed
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A meat processing firm has been fined £140,000 after worker had finger severed

A Suffolk-based meat producer has been fined £140,000 after one of its workers lost part of his finger while cutting a pig tail. The man had been working for pork producer C and K Meats at its site...

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