Scrap metal firm fined over lead poisoning

摘要

A scrap metal firm which ignored warnings about its employees being exposed to high levels of lead has been fined £30,000 after workers suffered from lead poisoning. Frank Barnes (Darwen) Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found employees had been regularly exposed to lead fumes and dust for a number of months. Preston Crown Court was told that the firm had been contracted to dismantle metal structures and machinery by a lead battery manufacturer in 2009. This involved work at the battery manufacturer's site and at a site owned by Frank Barnes Ltd.