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£1.2m fine for oil company after workers suffer multiple burns
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£1.2m fine for oil company after workers suffer multiple burns
Oil refinery company, Phillips 66 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after two workers in North Lincolnshire suffered life-changing injuries from an uncontrolled release of high pressure and high temperature steam.
Grimsby Crown Court heard that on 30 October 2013, the two workers – one an employee of Phillips 66 Limited, the other an apprentice were re-assembling high pressure steam pipework following maintenance of a steam turbine driven pump.
During the process, they were exposed to an uncontrolled release of high pressure, high temperature steam of around 250c.
The uncontrolled release resulted in the 53-year-old employee receiving burns to his lower back and legs, and the 20-year-old apprentice receiving extremely serious burns to his torso, chest, arms and legs. At the time of the incident, these injures were life threatening.
A Health and safety executive investigation found a series of failures with Phillips 66 Limited’s ‘safe system of work procedure’ which the workers adhered to. A number of personnel involved in the implementation of the company’s safe isolation procedure of the steam system had failed to complete all the required checks and verification to reduce the associated risks.
Phillips 66 Ltd of Aldergate Street, London pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the health and safety at work act 1974. The company has been fined £1.2 million and ordered to pay £20,450.05 in costs.
After the hearing, Health and safety executive Inspector, Jarrod King commented: “Safe systems of work procedures are in place to ensure the health and safety of workers. Companies should ensure that all relevant employees and personnel who are involved in their operation and execution are suitably trained and competent to complete their roles within the system.
“Where a significant risk gap leads to an incident which results in injury to workers, the UK Health and safety executive will take the appropriate enforcement action irrespective of the size of the organisation.”
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