An electrical network company based in Cottenham, Cambridge and its director have been ordered to pay more that £12,500 each after breaching health and safety legislation.
The case was brought against Fenland Electrical Network Services Ltd and the company director Nicholas McCarthy by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after a man needed his leg to be amputated whilst training to work with overhead power lines.
The incident occurred on 17th December 2007 when during training for an emergency descent from a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), one man from a group of electricity company linesmen fell from the bucket of the MEWP as he was not attached to the bucket by his harness.
The victim's right leg needed to be amputated below the knee after he received significant injuries to it. He also suffered a fractured pelvis, spinal injuries and tendon damage to his left ankle.
Gavin Bull, HSE Inspector said after the case: "The accident occurred during a rescue training exercise, which went tragically wrong when the linesman fell a height of four metres from a mobile elevated work platform.
"The case serves to highlight the need to ensure that essential safety measures are in place for training and work at height."
Fenland Electrical Network Services Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, for failing to ensure the health and safety of those not in its employment, while Mr McCarty admitted breaching Section 37 of the same Act.
The company and Mr McCarty were both fined £7,000 plus costs of £5,503.20.
The case was brought against Fenland Electrical Network Services Ltd and the company director Nicholas McCarthy by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after a man needed his leg to be amputated whilst training to work with overhead power lines.
The incident occurred on 17th December 2007 when during training for an emergency descent from a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), one man from a group of electricity company linesmen fell from the bucket of the MEWP as he was not attached to the bucket by his harness.
The victim's right leg needed to be amputated below the knee after he received significant injuries to it. He also suffered a fractured pelvis, spinal injuries and tendon damage to his left ankle.
Gavin Bull, HSE Inspector said after the case: "The accident occurred during a rescue training exercise, which went tragically wrong when the linesman fell a height of four metres from a mobile elevated work platform.
"The case serves to highlight the need to ensure that essential safety measures are in place for training and work at height."
Fenland Electrical Network Services Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, for failing to ensure the health and safety of those not in its employment, while Mr McCarty admitted breaching Section 37 of the same Act.
The company and Mr McCarty were both fined £7,000 plus costs of £5,503.20.
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