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- 01 August 2017
An independent paint manufacturer has been handed an £80,000 fine after a worker who was using a highly flammable solvent to clean the floor of a spray booth was burned…
View full post »- 31 July 2017
Industrial Chemicals’ risk assessment ignored the explosive risk posed by hydrogen in vent gas, which was routed through the plant’s emergency scrubber at its control of major accident hazards (COMAH)…
View full post »- 29 June 2017
Tesco Stores has accepted an £8m penalty after pleading guilty to a major pollution incident, which saw 23,500 litres of petrol leak in to a Lancashire sewerage system and rivers.…
View full post »- 27 June 2017
SUEZ Recycling and Recovery has been fined £220,000 after a worker was injured at its Billingham energy from waste site. Teesside Crown Court heard a worker was injured when hot…
View full post »- 13 April 2017
A chemistry laboratory technician lost parts of three fingers and sustained a serious internal injury while preparing a highly sensitive explosive for use in a ‘fireworks’ demonstration to a class…
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- 12 April 2017
A chemical firm has been fined after a hydrogen explosion blew a vessel lid through a factory roof, leaving a worker with minor injuries.
Catalloy Ltd was prosecuted by the Health…
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