‘Horrific’ incident at woodchip plant

A fatal incident at a Merseyside woodchip factory – described by one HSE inspector as his “most horrific case” – has seen two firms ordered to pay combined costs of £624,000.

Portuguese-owned Sonae Industria (UK) Ltd and equipment specialist Valmet Ltd, which took over Metso Ltd in 2013, were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court over the deaths of two workers at the Knowsley plant in 2010.

Source – letsrecycle.com December 2015