A Keighley lighting supplier has been fined for subjecting its staff
to ‘appalling’ working conditions and exposing them to risks from
defective electrics and welding fumes.
A Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) inspector visited the premises of Keylighting Ltd as a
result of a number of complaints about the working conditions at the
site on Alincote Street.
A catalogue of health and safety
failings was uncovered and specialists were called in to examine the
electrical systems, a range of hygiene issues, and to assess the safety
management of the welding and powder spraying process.
Bradford
Magistrates’ Court was told that during an occupational hygiene
inspection in December 2010 an expert found temperatures in various
parts of the building ranged from just four degrees centigrade in the
toilets to ten degrees in the stores and welding areas.
As a result of these findings five Improvement Notices were served on Keylighting by HSE.
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