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Air Liquide fined £160,000 after exposing staff to dangerous vapours as worker ‘sawed’ through bottles

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Air Liquide (UK) Limited has been hit with a £182,000 ($243,000) court bill after workers were exposed to dangerous vapours, the Stoke Sentinel reported.

The company devised an in-house system to dispose of bottles at its Tunstall depot after failing to arranging for a specialist contractor to handle the disposal.

It involved a man in a bomb disposal suit placing the bottles on to a box and two workers wearing breathing apparatus sawing through the bottles.

But, on 7th February 2015 the two men using the saw were not wearing breathing apparatus when a small amount of liquid spilled out. They were left struggling to breathe and were taken to hospital but did not require treatment.

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