HSE is warning employers who work with metalworking fluids to ensure they take the correct safety precautions after an entire workforce at a Barnsley company were exposed to metalworking fluid mist.
Between 12 December 2007 and 8 May 2008, employees at the company were exposed to a metal working fluid mist, which was being emitted from more than 100 metal work machines.
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