Boss pleads guilty following electric shock incident

A scaffolding boss has pleaded guilty to charges against himself and his company for breaches to health and safety law after an employee suffered life-changing injuries in the workplace.

33-year old worker Jamie Mines was injured at Boundary Scaffolding’s workplace on the Kendrick Industrial Estate in Swindon last December.

Working on roof

Mines was working on a roof when he came into contact with overhead powerlines which threw him 13ft through the air as 33,000 volts passed through him.

As a result of the incident, he lost his legs and hands, and was placed into an induced coma.

Director Jonathan Lee Griffith-Clack admitted to the charges and spoke of his ‘deep regret’ at Swindon Magistrates’ Court in the case against him, brought by the Health and Safety Executive.

Sentencing will take place on 6 October.

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