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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Arm protection 'would have prevented glass worker's injury'  Better protection would have prevented serious injury to a worker whose arm was cut to the bone when a sheet of glass shattered in his hand, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said. Ian Swain, 37, of Spoondell in Dunstable, worked in the glass toughening section of the Nicholls and Clarke Glass factory when he was seriously injured in October 2009. Luton Magistrates Court heard that a shard of glass severed the artery, muscle and nerves in his right arm when large sheet he had picked up shattered. The case highlights how workers could seek advice from a personal injury lawyer in Southampton if they suffer an accident at work and are not properly protected. HSE inspector Emma Rowlands said: "Had Mr Swain been provided with full arm protection he would have avoided serious injury. "Guidance on the provision of personal protective equipment for employees is freely available from HSE and trade associations, this could easily have been referred to." Nicholls and Clarke Glass pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations and was fined £11,200. New figures from the HSE show the manufacturing industry is among the most dangerous in the UK, accounting for nine per cent of the total workforce and 16 per cent of reportable accidents. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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