Building products firm fined £1m after double accident

A specialist company that manufactures wood-based products has been fined more than £1m after two workers were injured in separate incidents.
West Fraser (Europe) Ltd – formerly known as Norbord – pleaded guilty to several health and safety breaches related to two incidents that took place at its plant in Cowie within six months of each other in 2020.
In the first Sean Gallagher, 29, a utility operator, suffered serious injuries after his leg became entangled in moving parts at