£250k Fine after Employees are Overcome by Fumes

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A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 after three employees were overcome by toxic gases, including hydrogen sulphide, and a reduced oxygen atmosphere in an animal waste facility in Stoke-on-Trent. The prosecution comes 12 months after the firm was fined £660,000 following the death of an employee. Prosecuting, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]