Explosion lands steel company £1m fine
Sheffield Forgemasters has been fined £1m after a pipe explosion resulted in third degree burns for a contractor.
A 57 year-old contractor suffered “life-changing” injuries as a result of the explosion on 9 August 2013.
The in-house contractor was working to fit a valve to an oxygen pipe and whilst carrying out checks, head hissing from the valve in the pipe containing pure oxygen.
While investigating, the pipe erupted into flames and the worker suffered third degree burns. He was initially not expected to survive a... 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...
