A Hull bakery has been fined £9,000 for safety breaches after a worker lost the tip of his finger.
The 22-year-old agency worker was clearing a blockage of dough at Livwell Ltd's bakery, in Main Street, when his finger came into contact with a moving part of the machine, slicing off the top of his right middle finger.
He later had to have part of his finger amputated and was unable to work for three months. However, he has since returned to the bakery as a permanent employee.
Livwell Ltd, registered at City Road, London, was prosecuted at Hull Magistrates' Court yesterday for failing to prevent access by workers to dangerous moving parts of machinery.
The firm was also ordered to pay £18,318 in costs after pleading guilty to a breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Dr Nicholas Tosney said: "This incident was wholly avoidable. The hazards were identified but effective measures were not taken by the company to prevent access to all the dangerous parts of the machine. "The simple addition of a tunnel guard to this machine - which the company has now installed - could have saved a young man having to suffer the amputation of part of his finger. "All employers have a duty to ensure that machinery is guarded properly to ensure that their employees are not put at risk of injury."