Construction firms warned over existing power supplies after worker injured
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to construction firms after a worker was seriously injured in an existing power supplies incident.A worker could have been killed after he cut into an electricity cable he believed did not have power running, the HSE said.
Protective boots may have benefitted the worker, who was knocked unconscious by the 230 volt electric shock that has since caused him serious psychological harm.
The company received an £8,000 fine and was ordered to pay £2,095 in prosecution costs after it admitted two breaches of the Construction Regulations 2007 and one breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
HSE investigating inspector Thomas Merry said: “Building firms carrying out work on sites where there are existing power supplies must make sure they are located and tested before starting work.”
Recently it was revealed the standard health and safety test for the construction industry was to focus more on practical matters such as protective workwear, the CITB announced last week.
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