A global bottle manufacturer has been fined £600,000 after a worker was burned by molten glass and hot water spilling into the cab of the loading vehicle he was operating.

The accident took place at the O-I Glass facility in Alloa in February 2024.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said the 32 year-old employee suffered 8% burns to his body, but went on to make a full recovery.

HSE said the “avoidable ordeal” need not have happened if a protective door had been fitted to the vehicle.

The site employs around 500 people and is used for smelting glass into bottles.

As part of this process, rejected molten glass is poured into skips in the basement, along with hot water.

On the day of the accident, the worker was operating a shovel loader, clearing the waste molten glass and hot wate

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