Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchCompany City/Town: Hereford
Company Nation/Region: England
Penalty: £280,805
Year: 2021
Date: 1 November, 2021
Offence Group: safety-related offences
Offence Type: workplace safety or health violation
Violation Description: Hereford Galvanizers Limited with the trading umbrella name ‘Hereford and Shropshire Galvanizers', pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following an employee being fatally injured when operating an overhead crane adjacent to the molten zinc bath and a tubular steel brace exploded during galvanizing, causing it to ‘rocket' across the workshop floor.
Settlement Type: Guilty Plea
Agency: Health and Safety Executive
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