350,000 pounds fireball fine for plastics maker

摘要

AN EXPLOSION at a Suffolk plastics factory which engulfed a worker in a fireball, leaving him with 45 percent burns, has resulted in a 350,000 pounds fine for his former employer. John Balls was in hospital for seven weeks following the explosion, which happened as he handled dried nitrocellulose. Storeys Industrial Products, formerly Wardle Storeys, was fined at Chelmsford Crown Court on 14 January for failing to ensure his safety. Nobody from the firm attended court and it failed to enter a plea.