 Following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation, Elgin Sherriff Court heard in October 2015 that an improvised method of pushing remaining vegetables into an auger was regularly used.Baxters management were not aware that staff regularly used a ladder to climb on to the conveyor then used a squeegee to push vegetables towards the auger.The victim was injured when his left foot slipped from the belt into the collection hopper and was pulled into the auger.