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Three workers injured in explosion in pet food company

A pet food manufacturer has been ordered by Court to pay £29,271 after three workers were seriously injured by an offal cooker explosion in Alba Proteins (Penrith) Ltd.The court heard that workers were trying to clear a blockage in the industrial cooker, when large volumes of steam and offal exploded through the inspection hatches.

One employee jumped over the handrail on the platform, hitting his head on the concrete, fracturing his left wrist and suffering burns to his left elbow. Another worker ran down the steps and suffered burns to his left arm, left ear and the back of his neck.

A cleaner who had been asked to help clear the blockage did not move from his position by the cooker and his head, face and chest were badly burned.

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