Welder seriously burned in explosion

摘要

A subsidiary of a global chemical company has been fined ￡20,000 after a welder suffered serious burns in an explosion at one of its plants in Cumbria. Workington magistrates court heard that, on 29 October 2008, contractor David Lightfoot was carrying out welding work on a large container at Indorama Polymers (Workington) Ltd's site in Siddick. The container housed 380 tonnes of the explosive powder, Terephthalic acid.