A large power supply company has been ordered to pay £420,000 in fines and costs after an employee died while working at one of its Essex sites.
The 59-year-old electrical engineer was killed at an electrical substation when a device he was working on for manually adjusting voltage ratios exploded. The explosion caused a fire at the substation. The man died at the scene despite the arrival of Essex Fire and Rescue within minutes of the alarm being raised.
The Health and Safety Executive found that the company had failed to properly assess work with tap changers and to devise procedures for the work. It had also failed to adequately train employees for carrying out this task.
The company was fined £275,000 with £145,000 in prosecution costs after pleading guilty.
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Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-e-00213.htm
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