BOAT MAKER FINED AFTER WORKER BURNED BY ‘INCREDIBLY HAZARDOUS’ SOLVENT
A company that manufactures and repairs rigid-inflatable boats (RIBs) in Hull, Yorkshire, has been sentenced after one of its workers was overcome by solvent fumes and sustained burns when he collapsed in a pool of the substance. The employee of Humber Fabrications (Hull) was using a cloth soaked in dichloromethane …