Applied Nutrition controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Applied Nutrition fined after workplace machinery accident
Fine or penalty
Applied Nutrition Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching workplace health and safety law and was fined £70,000 after a worker lost three fingers and part of his palm in a machinery accident. The HSE found that the company lacked risk assessments and safe systems of work and had not provided adequate training.
Source excerpt
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Applied Nutrition had no risk assessments or safe systems of work in place and that staff had not been provided with adequate training to make them aware of the dangers associated with the machinery being cleaned.
Applied Nutrition Ltd of 2 Acornfield Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £70,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,551.10.