Chivas Brothers controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Chivas Brothers fined £50,000 after workplace safety failure
Fine or penalty
Chivas Brothers Limited pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £50,000. The article describes a visiting engineer being crushed at its bottling plant in 2017 and says both Chivas and the contractor had failed to ensure all systems were isolated before machine covers were removed.
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The FPG employee was crushed and trapped in a Kardex Remstar Shuttle XP500 when the extractor device of the machine was activated. He sustained crushing injuries to his right side.
Chivas Brothers Limited of Kilmalid, Stirling Road, Dumbarton pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 Sections 3(1) and Section 33(1)(a) and was fined £50,000.
2021
Chivas Brothers and Fire Protection Group fined after worker was crushed
Fine or penalty
Chivas Brothers and Fire Protection Group were fined after an employee was crushed by machinery. The article's headline says £50,000, while its text says the two firms received fines amounting to £100,000.
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Chivas Brothers and Fire Protection Group fined £100k after worker crushed by machine
TWO local firms have been slapped with fines amounting to £100,000 after an employee was crushed by machinery.