A LIVERPOOL-BASED recycling company was fined £5,000 after one of its workers suffered broken ribs when he was forced onto a metal conveyor belt.
The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd, of Water Street, Pier Head, following the injury at its warehouse in Preston, in September, 2009.
The 60-year-old employee was pushing waste cardboard onto the conveyor belt when he was forced onto it by a reversing van.
The company was also ordered to pay £4,204 costs.





