Corus Fined Pounds125k for Safety Breach ; the Corus Steel Company has Been Fined Pounds125,000 After a Steelworker Suffered Near Fatal Injuries When He Fell Into a Pit Containing Hot Toxic Chemicals.

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph › August 23, 2007

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The Corus steel company has been fined pounds125,000 after a steelworker suffered near fatal injuries when he fell into a pit containing hot toxic chemicals.

David Jones suffered 'horrendous burns' when he fell feet first into an interceptor pit at Scunthorpe's Corus works on March 26, 2005.

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Corus Fined Pounds125k for Safety Breach ; the Corus Steel Company has Been Fined Pounds125,000 After a Steelworker Suffered Near Fatal Injuries When He Fell Into a Pit Containing Hot Toxic Chemicals.

The accident happened while he was trying to start a pump, which was being used to pipe the hot liquid into an effluence pond, Grimsby Crown Court heard yest...

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