Keywords: dust explosion, fire, particle board production, smouldering material, fractured neck, plant design,
Four strikes leave board maker £147,000 poorer
Prosecutions and Claims |
01.08.2006
A Merseyside manufacturer's fourth prosecution in six years has cost it £147,000 in fines and costs after poor plant design led to a dust explosion and fire.
On 1 June 2002, smouldering material in the particle board production line at Sonae UK's works at Knowsley, Merseyside, ignited ...
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