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A chemical company has been fined £100,000 after a catalogue of safety failings left a young worker with life-changing burns at a plant in Motherwell . ‌

The 23-year-old was left permanently scarred by the incident , which happened while he was working for Dundas Chemical Company (Mosspark) Limited at its Omoa Works site in Newarthill. ‌

The site is a rendering plant where animal and food industry waste is processed into proteins, fats and oils used in the oleochemical, fuel and feed industries. ‌

According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) , the worker had been instructed to clean a water tank used in the rendering process, along with a "vickery" and the walls and floors in the area.

The company provided power washers and a steam hose, which the man and

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