Worker loses leg in MDF accident; Kronospan fined £400,000 for safety failures.

A wood panel manufacturer, Kronospan Limited, was fined £400,000 after a worker, Mark Hughes, lost his leg when a 350kg pack of MDF sheets fell on him at the company's factory in Chirk, UK. The Health and Safety Executive found that Kronospan failed to conduct proper risk assessments and had no safe system for handling waste MDF sheets. The company pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations.

November 27, 2024
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