An engineering firm has been sentenced for safety failings after an employee suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a 400kg metal ring being propelled toward him under high pressure.
Kenneth Hunter, 33, a local man, was working at Oil States Klaper Ltd at its premises in Whitburn Road, Bathgate when the incident happened on 25 May 2011. Livingston Sheriff Court was told on July 26 that Mr Hunter was working on an annular, a type of blow out prevention device used in the oil…
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