Chemical firm fined £3m for toxic vapour cloud that killed worker
by Isabella Kaminski for ENDS UK, part of the Guardia from on (#20ZBR)
Cristal Pigment Ltd has been sentenced for two serious incidents at its titanium dioxide plant that arose from poor operational practices, reports ENDS UK
A global chemical company has been fined for poor operational practices that killed one of its employees and seriously hurt another when they were overcome by a toxic vapour cloud.
Cristal Pigment UK Ltd was sentenced at Hull Crown Court on 8 November for two incidents that occurred within less than two years at Europe's largest titanium dioxide plant at Stallingborough in north-east Lincolnshire.
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