Ignored risk assessments

publication date: Feb 16, 2011
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O'Keefe Construction Ltd has been fined after a teenager suffered horrific burns to his legs at its depot in Sevenoaks, Kent. The court heard that on 26 October 2009, an 18-year-old man, who asked not to be named, was in a shed at the site, spraypainting a lighting tower. The employee used thinners in the process and inadvertently spilled some on his trousers.


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