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- 25 April 2018
An adhesive manufacturer has been fined £40,000 after two employees were injured in a major fire and ‘explosion’ in its Stoneclough factory.
One employee suffered facial burns and another had to…
View full post »- 24 April 2018
A company specialising in spray foam insulation services has been fined after an inexperienced worker suffered severe burns while attempting to refuel petrol powered equipment.
On 11 January 2015, workers at…
View full post »- 05 March 2018
Toner cartridge recycling company Ereco EMEA has been fined £30,000 over the accident.
Portsmouth Crown Court was told that dust residue inside a toner cartridge ignited while it was being pulverised…
View full post »- 02 March 2018
Total Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR), the owner of the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Killingholme, North Lincolnshire, has been sentenced after tonnes of flammable butane gas escaped from the plant. Grimsby…
View full post »- 15 January 2018
It was recently reported that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board released its case study titled “Key Lessons for Preventing Inadvertent Mixing During Chemical Unloading Operations,” which examines a mixture of…
View full post »- 29 September 2017
ESL Fuels Ltd, an oil storage company, has been fined after contractors cut into a sealed pipe causing a chemical explosion in a tank.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that on 19…
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