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Article: Building supplies firm fined GBP 200k after worker loses ear
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- July 2, 2008
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Company admits offences after staff member fell into fan
A BUILDING supplies company has been fined GBP 200,000 after a
quarry worker lost an ear when he fell into an electric fan.
Stuart Richardson suffered severe injuries to his face and arm
after becoming caught in the electric cooling fan of a motor which
had been left uncovered at a site in Dunbar, East Lothian, in
January last year.
Yesterday at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Lafarge Cement UK Plc, a
worldwide cement manufacturer, admitted two offences under the
health and safety at work laws, which left Mr Richardson severely
injured, permanently scarred and impaired.