A worker at a company providing anti-corrosion solutions to industry was severely injured when a build up of gas vapour in a road tanker exploded a court heard.
The employee, who does not wish to be identified, suffered a fractured skull and severe burns to the legs arms and face when gas vapours from a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) heater, previously placed in the interior of the road tanker, ignited blowing him off his feet.
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