Yorkshire Water fined £733,000 over worker suffering fatal burns
Yorkshire Water has been fined £733,000 after a fitter suffered fatal burns when his clothing was ignited by sparks at a treatment plant.
The incident occured in July 2015 when Michael Jennings was working in the bottom of a dry well on the end of the disused Lane 1 of the brewery Trade Waste treatment plant at the Tadcaster Sewage Treatment Works.
Jennings was attempting to change the stop valve on the end of the disused Lane 1 drain pipe which emerged into the bottom of the dry well.
The adjoining Lane 2 was still in ser... 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...
