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Torn Away

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Originally published May 6, 2014
Authors Jennifer Brown
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Jersey Cameron has always loved a good storm. Watching the clouds roll in and the wind pick up. Smelling the electricity in the air. Dancing barefoot in the rain. She lives in the Midwest, after all, where the weather is sure to keep you guessing. Jersey knows what to do when the tornado sirens sound. . . .

Steel mill Celsa deadly Explosion: a company with a monetary penalty of £1. 8m

Feb 16,2020 2:45 am

Mark Sim (left) and Peter O'brien died in The Explosion in November 2015

a steel firm has been fined £1. 8m after an explosion killed two men.

Celsa pleaded fail to guilty to a risk assessment prior to The Explosion at its plant in Cardiff.

Peter O'brien, 51, from Llanishen, Cardiff, and Mark Sim, 41, of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, who both died in November 2015 after The Incident .

The Company apologized "for the deficits, which contributed to The Most tragic event in our history".

At the Cardiff Crown Court , a judge of the steel works looked "like a bomb site said," after The Explosion .

A security mechanism for error when it shuts down a drive, the heating to hot And Then exploded, the court heard.

The Explosion occurred at Celsa manufacturing in Splott, Cardiff, 2015

Five other men were also injured in The Explosion at the plant in Splott, Cardiff in November 2015. Worker Darren Wood, was seriously injured.

Other workers heard The Explosion , tried to go to their colleagues to help, but were met with intense Fire and smoke prevent you from getting into the basement.

The court was told that the workers were probably not aware of the oil level in the tank had dropped below the minimum security, because the oil heater was turned on, had turned off, but in the case of an electrical failure.

Mr O'brien's wife Marie said: "No man should ever have to go to your workplace and back.

Marie O'brien said her husband was torn "so sudden and cruel,"

"This was a preventable accident, he was torn from us so suddenly and cruelly, and no sentence will ever be enough for the loss incurred by us.

"We will always love you Peter and miss you very much, but we need to figure Out some closure now. "

Mr Sim Mrs Samantha described the death of her husband as "The Most traumatic experience I have ever treated".

"He left a big gap in our hearts and in our lives, an emptiness that people say that all wounds heal the time, but I think it never heals, we just learn To Live our lives differently. "

Celsa admitted failure to provide a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Richard Bowen, the factory, the health and safety manager, said some employees had "little or no training" on risk assessments, and Celsa did not take steps to ensure workers wear it.

Samantha Sim described the death of her husband as "The Most traumatic experience I've ever handled"

judge Neil bidder, said the Spanish-owned company Celsa had failed "failed to ensure" the machinery was safe.

He added: "The Company failed to have suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks.

"A huge explosion occurred, breaking in pieces, the large metal-accumulator.

"photos of The Scene for me Website are reminiscent of a bomb. "

He said that the danger of The Explosion "could and should have been recognized".

"If you do The Job by Mr O'brien and Mr Sim has been properly risk assessed, I Am sure that this accident would not have occurred, and you would not have been killed, and that Mr wood is seriously injured. "

Fire -fighting crews at the steel mill Celsa on The Day of the deadly Explosion

civil proceedings between the families and the Celsa have been told in work.

Richard Matthews , of the defense, Celsa, said The Company accepted it had failed to identify a risk of explosion if the oil tank has been drained, said: "It is The Cause of this tragedy and The Cause of these men has led to the deaths and The Cause of suffering and incalculable pain.

"We emphasize that nothing had happened as a result of a malfunction, or errors, or errors of any kind on The Men 's part. "

A spokesman for Celsa said: "There's nothing we can do, is always mark and Peter back, which remain our thoughts and deepest sympathy, with the closest to you. The loss of Two Friends and colleagues are always deeply moved by the whole Celsa family.

"We have left no stone unturned to ensure that such a thing ever happen again. All of us very hard Every Day work to be a priority for the safety of every single member. "

Celsa was ordered to pay £1. 8m within six months, plus £145,771. 85 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.

The Prosecution was brought by the health and Safety Executive, and a second charge of violation of health and safety laws lie on file.

Celsa UK has More Than 500 employees and produces 1. 2 million tons of steel a year from scrap.



caldicot, llanishen, cardiff

Source of news: bbc.com

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