A Tyneside firm has today been fined £8,000 after a worker’s hand was badly injured when it was drawn between two rotating metal rollers.

North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how Gary Burke, 45, of North Shields, lost his little finger and part of the other fingers on his right hand following the incident at Formica Ltd on Coast Road, North Shields.

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