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Tragedy as Factory Pest Control Workers Found Dead in Factory
Banham Poultry Limited and Air Products plc admitted health and safety offences after prosecutors said 2 workers died from nitrogen gas asphyxiation.
- Banham Poultry Limited and Air Products plc admitted safety offences at Norwich Crown Court, acknowledging their breaches caused the 2018 deaths of Neil Moon, 49, and Jonathan Collins, 34.
- Moon and Collins died from asphyxiation on October 4, 2018, after unknowingly entering a narrow passageway filled with concentrated nitrogen gas leaking from a dislodged duct pipe.
- Prosecutor Craig Hassall KC described the incident as "cavalier," telling the court there were no warning signs indicating the lethal risk to the workers.
- Gillian, Jon's wife, and daughter Dakota stated their lives have "changed forever" after seven and a half years awaiting accountability for the deaths.
- The sentencing hearing concludes after two days, finally addressing the catastrophic consequences of safety breaches that robbed the men of their lives.
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