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Indesit has been fined £39,500 including costs for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act and the Management of Health and Safety Regulations following an accident in which an employee sustained a neck fracture when stacked cookers fell on him at its Raunds depot in Northamptonshire.

Enforcing authority East Northamptonshire Council instigated the prosecution when its investigation established that Indesit had failed to put effective control measures in place to prevent such an incident occurring, no risk assessment had been completed for the activities involving the stacking of appliances in this way.

The Council says it is working with the industry to develop guidance on how such appliances should be stacked to prevent reoccurrences throughout the UK.