If there was any way in which this dire company could blame its staff for personal injury they would try it, and unfortunately, with the right judge, they could probably buy the outcome of any litigation.
This piece from the 28th June 1963 Western Daily Press offers a dubious verdict to say the least. The case involved a Polish man at their Portishead factory. You can read about the detailed history of this phosphorus producing site HERE, which is of use to understanding the background to the manufacture of this substance at this time. This was just nine years after the plant had opened.
Albright and Wilson were a company that took on European labour after the Second World War, it was cheap and this workforce was expendable. When something went wrong, it would be Johnny foreigners fault, and this is a prime example where managers and staff gang up to cover up.
An earlier article I looked at involved the fatal demise of George Buck who was showered with white phosphorus. THIS WAS 1955, AND JUST 8 YEARS EARLIER. When attempting to unblock the pipe, he was horribly burnt, yet the verdict of this was “accidental death”. 
I think the solicitor for this man should have raised this previous death and the circumstances and health and safety issues at this vile plant, which were directly modelled on that at Oldbury. Karas was also trying to clear a blocked pipe, something which was obviously a faulty occurrence at this shite factory. Who said what and when is now of course lost to history, but I do not believe those working at Albright and Wilson, as they were frequently caught out lying and gaslighting their workforce about heath and safety, and when something went wrong, it was either “accident” or the fault of an individual.
