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23/11/2009 by Geoff.
Are you providing adequate PPE? A factory was fined £27,500 and ordered to pay £10,700 costs on 9 September after pleading guilty to breaching reg.6(1)(a), 7(1), and 7(3) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002. The Company had failed to provide adequate PPE to an employee who had contracted dermatitis after being regularly exposed to hazardous substances. The continued exposure with his skin caused him to suffer skin irritations across large parts of his body. As a result of the illness he has been left with permanent scarring and has to avoid contact with a large number of substances that cause further skin irritation. He has been unable to return to work and has been forced to retire on medical grounds at the age of 48.
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