The 28 year-old worker, who does not wish to be named, was running a machine at Tilley's Sweets in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, on June 9 2011 when the machine got jammed. He put in his hand to remove the sweets but the glove on his right hand got caught, pulling his hand into the dangerous moving parts. Physiotherapy The man's hand was severely damaged and required several operations to straighten the tendons. He was off work for four months and continues to have physiotherapy and struggles with use of his damaged hand. Local magistrates in Kettering, Northamptonshire, heard that a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that Tilley's Sweets failed to protect the safety of their employees by not preventing access to dangerous parts of machinery. A guard would have prevented the incident from happening, the HSE claimed. After the event occurred, the HSE served a prohibition notice halting further work on the machine until the firm put a safety guard in place.