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Safety breaches cost blade company nearly £500,000 [UK]
Breaches of health and safety regulations cost Vestas Blades nearly £500,000, a court was told. The…turbine blademaker, which is set to close, was fined a maximum £10,000 by Island magistrates and told to pay £25,000 of the Health and Safety Executive’s costs…[T]he HSE emphasised the importance of effectively preventing exposure to hazardous substances after 13 employees suffered dermatitis after exposure to epoxy resin... HSE inspector Roger Upfold said…“The company was aware but failed to act properly on the reports of ill-health".