Pharmaceutical firm failed to protect worker from hazardous substances


Added on: 15/05/2015

Macfarlan Smith Limited of Wheatfield Road, Edinburgh pleaded guilty to safety failings after an employee was exposed to hazardous substances. The company, that manufactures basic pharmaceutical products, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court and was fined £27,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The court […]