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£295,000 penalty for distillery after employee sustains 20% burns to body (23 August 2016)
Date: 23/08/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a distillery in Oldbury, West Midlands, after a 21-year-old employee was engulfed in flames when ethyl acetate was being transferred from a bulk storage tank into an intermediate bulk container.
The liquid is highly flammable and the unnamed employee suffered 20% burns to his head, neck and hands.
The fire at the Alcohol Limited distillery on Crosswell Road in Oldbury destroyed the warehouse and caused damage to nearby cars and houses.
West Mercia Fire and Rescue Service were called to bring the fire under control.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive into the incident on 26 November 2012 found that the most likely source of ignition was a discharge of static electricity generated by the transfer of the liquid.
HSE inspectors found poor maintenance of pipe work and associated valves – and a failure to competently inspect the equipment or monitor the systems of work.
Alcohols Limited of Charringtons House, The Causeway, Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
The company was fined £270,000 and ordered to pay costs of £25,009.
After the hearing HSE inspector Kieron Jones said:
“Companies that fail to ensure the integrity of their safety critical equipment place their employees, members of the public, emergency services and their entire livelihood at risk of serious harm.
“Poor management of highly flammable liquids can have catastrophic results both for individuals and businesses.”
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Burns Injury Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who suffer burn injuries as a result of another party’s negligence on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation, including burn injuries sustained at work, in road traffic accidents, as a result of faulty goods – or during public events, such as firework displays.
Personal injury claims have to be made within three years of injury – children can make a claim for burn injury compensation up to the age of 21.
Duncan Lewis can also advise claimants on interim payments, rehabilitation, access to welfare benefits and adaptations to the home, if required.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Burns Injury Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 0333 772 0409.