A waste company has been fined over £200,000 after a worker suffered burns to his body and face. New Earth Solutions (West Limited) of Station Road, Caythorpe, was fined £200,000 and ordered to pay £12,466.60 at Lincoln Magistrates Court on Friday (May 10) after pleading guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This was following an electrical explosion at the Copper Hill Industrial Estate in Ermine Street, Barkston Heath, on July 14, 2021, where a man suffered severe burns, a broken left arm, fractured ribs and dislocated knee caps. While moving heavy duty e…
