bundwall


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bundwall

(ˈbʌndˌwɔːl)
n
(Civil Engineering) a concrete or earth wall surrounding a storage tank containing crude oil or its refined product, designed to hold the contents of the tank in the event of a rupture or leak
[C20: from bund + wall]
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Prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive, Sally Hawkins told the court he had been concreting a wall around an oil tank when the shutter, being used to form a mould for a bundwall to go round the tank, slipped from the crane hoist, trapping him.
Crushed worker's company guilty
Prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive, Sally Hawkins told the court the shutter, being used to form a mold for a bundwall to go round the tank, slipped from the crane hoist, trapping him.
FIRM FINED OVER CRUSHED WORKER
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