Dockyard firm pays after painters are overcome by fumes

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A dockyard company has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,627.40 after two workers were overcome by solvent fumes. A & P Falmouth Ltd pleaded guilty at Camborne Magistrates Court to failing to ensure the safety of two regular "core casual" employees who were overcome by paint fumes while working in a confined space.

Both men were affected while painting the inside of a tank with solvent-based paint. They remained in the tank through the night, but in the morning on... (86 more words)

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