Hazardous fines for Hayward van
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• Two offences under the hazchempak regulations cost Dar
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Hayward & Robertson £750 when it pleaded guilty before Northallerton magistrates to carrying LPG cylinders in an inadequately ventilated van and allowing it to be driven by an untrained driver.
Prosecuting for the Health & Safety Executive, Keith King said that there were 28 nominally empty LPG cylinders in the Luton van when it was stopped by a police officer. Wooden boards had blocked off the limited amount of ventilation that had been provided.
He told the court that the danger could be illustrated by an incident in 1985 in Pwllheli, when a similar van carrying cylinders blew up and caught fire in the town centre.
For the company, it was said it had been carrying LPG cylinders for the past 10 years. Vents were fitted and the company did not know they had been blocked up by a mechanic following a request from the driver.