Tissue manufacturer hit with £10k fine after worker fall

Posted on 29 May 2013 by The Manufacturer

Lancaster-based Northern Tissue Group (NTG Papermill) has been fined £10,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries after a fall in 2009.

The accident took place on August 24 of that year, when the 39-year-old man, who asked not to be named, had been helping to hose down machinery during a two-week shutdown at the factory. He tried to cross the mezzanine floor, six metres above the ground, but the metal grating gave way as he stepped onto…

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