The directors of a Bolton-based, fast food packaging company have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after ignoring safety warnings for more than three years.
First Packaging company directors Anthony Smith and Yvonne Barrett were fined for failing to install guards on machines used to produce packaging for fast food outlets.
HSE Inspector Alex Farnhill said: "The two directors deliberately set out to avoid complying with the legal warnings we issued, allowing their employees to continue to operate dangerous machinery.
None of the firms’ workers reported being injured due to lack of guards on the factories’ machinery.
Packaging firms ignored safety warnings for 3 years
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