Frozen fish firm fined £500k for fatal injuries
Frozen fish firm Interfish was ordered to pay more than £500,000 on June 24, after an employee suffered fatal injuries.
Employee Tomas Suchy was helping to clear up a fallen stack of frozen fish boxes in one of the cold store areas when another stack of stock fell on top of him. He received multiple and severe injuries which proved fatal.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive on October 18 2013 found there was no safe system of work or instruction to staff on how pallets should be stored.
Interfish pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of £24,800.
