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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Manning

Swimming pool evacuated after handyman mistakenly releases mustard gas

The University of Hertfordshire is a client of the firm - (Naveed Qazi/CC BY-SA 3.0)

A handyman who accidentally created mustard gas and sparked the evacuation of a university gym and pool was fairly dismissed, a tribunal has found.

Anthony Brown, who worked for seven years for Pinnacle FM Limited, a facilities management company, challenged his 2024 dismissal over the incident, but an employment judge found he “wilfully breached health and safety rules”.

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