Stockline factory blast was not my fault, claims plastics boss

A company boss yesterday insisted he accepted no blame for a blast at his factory which left nine workers dead.

Campbell Downie, the 73-year-old chairman of ICL Plastics, was giving evidence at an inquiry into the 2004 Stockline disaster.

He said the blast was the result of an "absolutely avoidable omission".

But he laid the blame for that omission on health and safety authorities and ICL Tech, the subsidiary who ran the Glasgow factory.

The blast was caused by a leak when gas u... (37 more words)

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