Sunday, December 14, 2008
Every little helps.
"Every little helps" goes the tagline on Tesco advertising. This is a little sad when it is the end of your fingers though.
A Tesco employee had part of two fingers chopped off when he put his hand inside a faulty dough-dividing machine. The incident happened on 22 February 2007 at the in-store bakery in a Tesco store in Cheltenham. An employee put his hand inside the hopper of the machine, in order to clear some dough, but the power supply had not been cut and the machine activated, slicing the top section from two fingers on his right hand.
An investigation into the incident revealed that the interlock switch had become unattached from the side of the machine. Tesco was aware of the fault and the interlock was re-attached to the machine by tying it together with a plastic bag. This allowed the device to operate when the lid was open and meant that the power supply was live when the employee put his hand inside the machine.
...Well, here we go again. Another case of big companies bodging a job all in the name of profit. It is the same all over our country and Tesco is just another example of sharp practice. A lot of companies will take shortcuts with safety and this time both Tesco and their employee got their fingers caught, literally.
"Every little helps" goes the tagline on Tesco advertising. This is a little sad when it is the end of your fingers though.
A Tesco employee had part of two fingers chopped off when he put his hand inside a faulty dough-dividing machine. The incident happened on 22 February 2007 at the in-store bakery in a Tesco store in Cheltenham. An employee put his hand inside the hopper of the machine, in order to clear some dough, but the power supply had not been cut and the machine activated, slicing the top section from two fingers on his right hand.
An investigation into the incident revealed that the interlock switch had become unattached from the side of the machine. Tesco was aware of the fault and the interlock was re-attached to the machine by tying it together with a plastic bag. This allowed the device to operate when the lid was open and meant that the power supply was live when the employee put his hand inside the machine.
...Well, here we go again. Another case of big companies bodging a job all in the name of profit. It is the same all over our country and Tesco is just another example of sharp practice. A lot of companies will take shortcuts with safety and this time both Tesco and their employee got their fingers caught, literally.
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