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- 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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Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they were called to reports of an explosion but there was no fire. The incident occurred on Wednesday 20th Sept 2017.
Two people were…
View full post »- 25 August 2017
£40k fine following gas cylinder explosion. A beverage gas supply company has been fined after a gas cylinder exploded and left a worker with life-changing leg injuries.
Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard…
View full post »- 22 August 2017
West Midlands Police said that a worker died following an industrial accident at a recycling plant in Oldbury, west of Birmingham, on August 7. The man suffered ‘very serious burns’…
View full post »- 21 August 2017
A paper coating company has been fined after a worker was burnt following a machinery fire.
Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court was told that the employee of Olympic Varnish Company Limited suffered burn…
View full post »- 11 August 2017
A security equipment manufacturer has been handed a £140,000 fine after a worker sustained flash burns from a highly-flammable substance.
Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard this week that a worker at…
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