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Details for Case No.4773152

Details for Case No. 4773152
Defendant Lab 21 Healthcare Limited
Description 1. Failure to notify HSE of its (deliberate) use of HG2 and HG3 biological agents at least 20 days in advance of doing so. 2. Failure to ensure that plant and equipment (including the CL3 extract system and MSCs; employed as control measures to meet the requirements of Regulation 7) were maintained in an efficient state, efficient working order, and in good repair. 3. Failure to ensure thorough examination and testing of engineering controls (namely the CL3 extract system and MSCs (employed as LEV to meet the requirements of Regulation 7) at least once in the preceding 14 months. 4. Failure to ensure that the CL3 laboratory was sealable for disinfection (by gaseous fumigation relied upon as means of effective decontamination in the event of spillage of HG3 biological agents beyond primary containment).
Offence Date 28/06/2018
Total Fine £52,000.00 Total Costs Awarded to HSE £26,000.00
Breaches involved in this Case
Location of Offence
Address Axminster/Lab 21 Healthcare Li
Lab 21 Healthcare Limited
Unit 5
Weycroft Avenue
AXMINSTER
Devon
EX13 5HU
England
Region Wales & South West
Local Authority East Devon
Industry Manufacturing
Main Activity 21200 - MF PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
Type of Location Fixed
HSE Details
HSE Group CEMHDU8HUS HSE Directorate Chemical Explo & Microbio Hazards Division
HSE Area HSE Division South West
Updated 2013-12-20