Pub chain Enterprise Inns has been fined £95,000 over health and safety breaches at one of its Caerphilly pubs.
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A member of staff at the Angel Inn, White Cross Lane, near Trecenydd, suffered burn injuries when a gas-fired cooking range had a “flash over” while it was being used in July last year.
At a hearing at Newport Magistrates’ Court on August 16, the company, which leases its pubs to tenants to run, admitted one charge under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
The company was fined £95,000 and told to pay costs of £15,860 and a victim surcharge of £120.
As the owner of the premises, Enterprise Inns was the subject of the prosecution, which was brought by Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environmental Health team.
Cllr Nigel George, Cabinet Member for Community Services, said: “This was a serious incident involving a person becoming injured as a result of a faulty gas appliance and I am pleased that the court has reflected this in the fine.”
A spokeswoman for Enterprise Inns said the company pleaded guilty after it carried out its own investigation which found that its health and safety policy had not been followed.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that since the time of the accident, the pub had been taken over by a new tenant and management.
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