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Widow: £250,000 fine "deserved" over death of floor layer

A widow is telling companies that "health and safety the most important thing they do", after contractors were fined £250,000 over the death of a worker.
Paul Tilcock, 30, from Brighton, was overcome by fumes from an adhesive he'd been using to lay a bathroom floor in Mitcham, south London in September 2015.
His wife Stacey told ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Surrey the company deserved the fine.
Contractors T Brown Group Ltd in Ewell pleaded guilty to a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act. It has apologised and has told ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Surrey it has stopped using the chemical involved.
The flooring company which suppled it, Altro Limited of Letchworth, also admitted breaking health and safety law and was fined £500,000.
HSE inspectors said Paul's face mask was "completely ineffectual".

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