Working with electricity: 5 steps to safe practice
October 28, 2021
Electrical equipment provider, Martindale, launches new, simplified safeguarding process, ALIVE, to help prevent injuries and save lives. Read More
£6.5 million fine after death of 11-year-old boy at freight terminal
August 4, 2021
WH Malcom Limited, operators of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal near Rugby, has been fined £6.5m after being found guilty of negligence over the death of an 11-year-old boy in 2017. Read More
£2.7million fine after boy was electrocuted
March 15, 2019
A 13-year-old boy suffered life-changing injuries after receiving an electric shock from 25,000-volt overhead line equipment. Read More
Prison sentence following electric shock
June 8, 2018
A man has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison after a worker received serious injuries from an electric shock. Read More
Driver fortunate not to be hurt when vehicle strikes overhead power lines
May 29, 2018
The employee of a construction firm was luckily left unhurt after the tipper vehicle he was driving came into contact with overhead power lines (OPLs) during the construction of a waste transfer station. Read More
Electrical flashover results in serious burns – foundry fined
April 9, 2018
A Nottinghamshire foundry has been fined after two employees were seriously burnt following an electrical flashover. BAS Castings Ltd The Read More
BT fined £600,000 after two workers injured
June 1, 2016
British Telecommunications PLC has been fined £600,000 after two employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Teesside Crown Court Read More
Bedford company to pay £415k after unsupervised teenage trainee dies
May 18, 2015
A company which manufactures pumping systems has been sentenced after the death of a 19-year-old trainee design engineer, who died Read More
Natures Way Foods to pay £205k after worker is electrocuted
May 12, 2015
A fresh produce manufacturing company has been fined £170,000 following the fatality of a 21-year-old sub-contractor, who died after coming Read More
Case highlights the dangers of working near power lines
November 27, 2014
A Melksham construction company has been prosecuted after a crane operator suffered an electric shock when the equipment he was Read More
