A garage has been fined after a mechanic was badly burned while trying to cut the top off an empty oil drum.
The 26-year-old was using a propane torch to remove the lid when the remaining oil inside the drum set alight, causing an explosion. He suffered burns to his hands and arms, and was kept in hospital for five days.
The employees at the garage cut the tops off empty oil drums approximately once every three months so that they could be used to store scrap metal. However, the company failed to consider the risk of the propane torch creating and igniting a vapour from the small amount of oil remaining in the drums.
The company was fined £6,000 and ordered to pay £4,746 in prosecution costs.
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Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-nw-kankkultd.htm?eban=rss-
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