Tata Steel fined after workers injured at Corby site

Tata Steel has been ordered to pay more than £2 million after two workers suffered serious injuries at the company's site in Corby, Northamptonshire.

A 26-year-old lost two-thirds of his left hand while trying to clear a blockage on machinery at the plant in September 2014, and a 52-year-old lost two-thirds of his little finger when his hand was caught in a lathe at the same plant in February 2015, Northampton Crown Court heard.

The two incidents were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which found the guarding on the two machines was inadequate.

Tata Steel had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to two counts of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Judge Rupert Mayo ordered the company to pay a fine of £1,985,000 and costs of £22,500, saying the injuries were as the result of "two subsequent and avoidable incidents".

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Mark Austin said: