A North Yorkshire ice cream manufacturer has been sentenced after a factory worker had his forearm broken when it got caught in a conveyor belt.Sam Goodall, 20, of Northallerton, was working on the ice cream production line at R&R Ice Cream Ltd, in Leeming Bar, when his glove got caught and his arm drawn into an in-feed conveyor belt.He managed to pull himself free, but suffered two broken bones in his right arm and a dislocated wrist. He was off work for six weeks.The incident, on 8 August 2011, was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive, which prosecuted R&R Ice Cream for two safety breaches.
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