1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184 
£5K fine for unstable dye
Page 16
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Unsafe chemicals cost consignor dearly. David Harris reports.
A MANCHESTER chemical company has been fined £5,000 for failing to classify a dangerous substance being transported.
The Health and Safety Executive was called in after boxes of pigment produced by European Colour (Pigments) had started to heat up while a trailer was parked up at a Stockport industrial estate. Smoke was seen coming from the trailer, operated by a subcontractor, and the emergency services were called.
Stockport magistrates fined the company £5,000 with -1,500costs when it pleaded guilty to breaching the Carriage of Dangerous Goods regulations.
The firm's supply chain director, Neil McKinlay, told the court that it had since tightened up its procedures to ensure that all dangerous substances were appropriately classified.
HSE inspector Kevin O'Donnell says: "The pigment being stored, Eljon Yellow XFW, is thermally unstable and prone to self-heating due to a reaction of its constituents. In combustion it emits fumes of carbon monoxide. carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydrogen chloride and phosgene which can cause serious injury if inhaled."