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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS North-east firm fined for flouting safety laws  A County Durham-based firm has been prosecuted for falling short of health and safety regulations. Derek Parnaby Cyclones International was instructed to pay £3,266.60 in costs and £10,500 in fines after contractor John Houston injured his hand while using a horizontal metal cutting band saw during a period of employment with the firm in April 2010. Derek Parnaby was found guilty of contravening the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 at Darlington Magistrates Court. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the accident at work could have been prevented. Cain Mitchell, an inspector at the HSE, said: "In this case, the band saw used by Mr Houston had been in use without a suitable guard for some months, while a second saw had been identified by inspectors as having no guard in place some two years earlier." The HSE prosecuted some 35 offences in the north-east of England in the 2009 -2010 period alone. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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