A sub-contracted operator had a close brush with electrocution when the raised arms of his 20-tonne excavator hit an 11kV power line as he drove up a slope at Scottish Water Bathgate in West Lothian, Livingston Sheriff Court was told yesterday.
Sub-contractor Lee Burge suffered an electric shock when the crane he was using to lift a steel section came into contact with 11kV overhead power lines at Trowbridge Rugby Club on 20 March 2013, Swindon Crown Court heard last Wednesday.
A council has been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for serious safety failings after workers struck and ruptured an underground gas pipe, releasing almost four tonnes of gas in June 2010.
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