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Article: Firm that put one foot wrong faces a [pounds sterling]10,000 f ine.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 31, 2006
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Byline: REBECCA CAMBER
FOR almost 25 years, brothers Mark and Paul Kenyon hadn't put a foot wrong when it came to health and safety at their packaging firm.
But when inspectors made a surprise visit to the family-run business, they caught staff on the hop.
One employee was spotted perched 7ft in the air with one foot resting on a ladder and the other foot on the forks of a forklift truck while he attempted to move a package. The Kenyons, who built up their firm, Clingfoil, from scratch, immediately apologised for the blunder and set about retraining their 19 members of staff and buying new safety equipment.
But health and safety ...