UK online company fined after postal staff suffer burns

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UK online company fined after postal staff suffer burns from leaking package

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Brooks Discount Limited fined £5,000 in Bournemouth after drain cleaner leaked and burned Jersey Post staff
The UK online shopping company was ordered to pay compensation to two employees
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A UK company has been fined and ordered to pay thousands of pounds in costs after an acid-based drain cleaner they sent through the mail leaked and burned two Jersey Post staff.

Brooks Discount Limited, which was trading as Top Brand Discounts 4 U, was fined £5,000 by Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court and ordered to pay the Jersey Post employees £800 and £250 in compensation.

It was also directed to pay £12,000 to the Civil Aviation Authority - the body which launched an investigation as to how the items were able to be transported by aircraft without the proper packaging - to cover their costs.

Carl Brooks, the company’s managing director, represented the firm in court and admitted on the business’s behalf failing to comply with regulations for transporting dangerous goods.

The leak caused an emergency evacuation of Jersey Post’s headquarters in St Saviour on 31 July last year and two employees suffered minor chemical burns as a result.

Both returned to work later that day.

Retailers have now been warned by the CAA to carefully follow safety procedures when delivering restricted goods.

The court heard that the company had sold two one litre bottles of One Shot Liquid Drain Cleaner online and posted them to a customer in Jersey.

The bottles were carried on a cargo aircraft flight from Bournemouth Airport to Jersey and when the package arrived at Jersey Post’s sorting office it was leaking.

Transport and Technical Services staff removed the package after consulting the States Fire and Rescue Service.