Lincolnshire firm fined after worker dies
A medicinal herbal manufacturing company in Lincolnshire has been fined after a worker died from exposure to a toxic gas.
Leicester Crown Court heard Karl Brader, 50, was working for Herbs in a Bottle. He was using cleaning chemicals to clean a changing room when he was exposed to a toxic gas (likely to be chlorine) and died at the scene.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident which occurred on 2 September 2014 found that Mr Brader had not been trained in the safe use of chemicals and no company ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
