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London · Stevenage Magistrates' Court
A worker was laying vinyl bathroom flooring when a pressurised glue canister hose became damaged and released a large quantity of dichloromethane adhesive into a poorly ventilated bathroom. He lost consciousness and collapsed after inhaling the toxic vapours.
Injuries: fatal
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“He should have returned home safely to his family at the end of his working day but he did not.”
Solvent-based adhesives such as DCM must only be used with proper ventilation and exposure monitoring; the statutory exposure limit can be reached within seconds without it.
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