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Occupational asthma: firm delayed acting on risk of respiratory harm.

Publication: Safety & Health Practitioner (The)
Publication Date: 01-DEC-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
An X-ray measuring equipment manufacturer has been ordered to pay more than [pounds sterling]30,000 after its workers were put at risk of developing asthma.

Thermo Radiometrie, part of the US Thermoelectron Corporation, pleaded guilty at Gloucester Magistrates' Court on 24 October to five charges of breaching:

* s2(1) of HSWA 1974 for not ensuring the safety of its employees (fine [pounds sterling]10,000);

* reg....

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