The snacks factory where a worker lost his hand in January has now been certified compliant with health and safety regulations by the Eastern Cape Department of Labour. The Department launched an inspection on 15 January after Eugene Jali’s hand was severed in a machine at the Komani plant of Truda Foods.
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There was inadequate supervision at a Komani factory when a worker’s hand was severed from his wrist by a maize-mixing machine, the labour department has found.
Eugene Jali, according to the labour department, lost his hand after putting it inside a flooded machine during night shift on January 12.
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Eugene Jali s hand was severed in a maize mixing machine. (Photo supplied)
The labour department has issued a contravention notice against a Komani food company after a worker s hand was severed by a machine last week.
Truda Foods says Eugene Jali undid a safety latch and inserted his hand into the machine.
But an occupational health and safety inspection on 15 January found a lack of supervision , says the department.
The Department of Employment and Labour has taken action against a food company in Komani, formerly Queenstown, where a worker s hand was severed by a machine last week.
Eastern Cape Department of Employment and Labour communication officer Ziphozihle Josefu said inspectors had visited Truda Foods on 15 January soon after the accident in which Eugene Jali lost his hand while working on a maize mixing machine.