The accident happened when the employee was pruning some cacti plants and he accidentally shot the plants’ toxic sap into his eye and onto his neck and arm. The sap caused the man’s cornea to burn and he was blind for a week as a result. He also had nasty blisters on his face from the sap. He was forced to take six weeks off after the accident at work to recuperate.
The man, who no longer works for Rentokil, claims he was not given proper guidance and training on pruning the cactus plants, which were up to 30ft tall. He was also found not to have been wearing the correct protective clothing for the job, after a health and safety investigation took place."
