Zbigniew Galka, 39, was fatally injured when he climbed into the
baling machine to clear a blockage, in December, 2010.
Ms Metcalfe told the court that the accident was only possible because the design of the
baling machine did not meet British regulations.
Gwyn Davies McTiffen Limited, which operated the recycling plant on Bradford Road, Batley, pleaded guilty in June this year to one offence of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act by failing to ensure the safety of Mr Brook and other employees when they were required to operate and clear blockages in the
baling machine.
THE Health and Safety Executive has warned on the dangers of working with hay
baling machines following the deaths of two Staffordshire farmers.
Company's V5100 vertical form-fill-seal style
baling machine packages finished bags of product into film wrapped bales, eliminating the need for cardboard boxes, pre-made bags, and paper bales.
Steven Donald, 17, suffered serious crush injuries after getting trapped between a conveyor belt and iron bars in a
baling machine at a cardboard recycling factory.
A farmer was crushed to death in an horrific accident with a hay-
baling machine.
Firefighters helped to free the woman's right forearm, which had become trapped in a
baling machine.
THE inquest into the death of man killed in a
baling machine tragedy was suspended until a decision is made on criminal proceedings.
He was crushed to death as he tried to clean a
baling machine at the firm's Washpit Mills.
Blast victim Mark Wright Father-of-two Mark Wright, 37, of Wrekin Way, Saltney, died from burns and inhaling high temperature gases while crushing 3,500 aerosol canisters in a
baling machine.
A MAN has died after an accident with a hay
baling machine at a farm in Staffordshire.