Keywords: Electric shock, ScottishPower, current, overhead lines, live lines, voltages,

ScottishPower fined £400,000 for line worker?s death

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.10.2006

Energy giant ScottishPower has been fined £400,000 for safety breaches that led to two workers suffering massive electric shocks, killing one outright.

Alan Ronald and Brian Beacham were part of an overhead lines squad working for SP Power Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the gen ...

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