£2m fine after fatality at manufacturing site
A specialist industrial services company based in Warwick has been fined £2m after a worker suffered a fatal injury in 2017 while cleaning waste-water pipes.
Joseph McDonald, an employee of Leadec, was using high-pressure water jetting equipment to clear paint residue from pipes in the paint shop at a car manufacturing site in Solihull.
During the process he was struck by the end of flexi-lance.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company recognised the risks of operating high-pressure wate... 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...
