￡240,000 Fine After Worker Paralysed in Fall
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A Cheshire-based electrical transmission company has been fined ￡240,000 after a worker was left paralysed from the chest down after a fall at work.
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No proper risk assessments
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Wood Transmission and Distribution failed to ensure that the work at height was properly planned, appropriately supervised, and carried out in a manner that was, so far as was reasonably practicable, safe.
The company had not considered the work at height hierarchy as part of its planning and had not assessed the risks associated with bolt cracking. Furthermore, it had not adequately resourced the task in line with its own safety documentation and had failed to put in place a process for transferring work between teams and ensuring safety critical information was recorded and communicated effectively.
On 12 April 2024,?Wood Transmission and Distribution Ltd, of Booths Park, Chelford Road in Knutsford, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court to breaching regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulation 2005. At a hearing on 17 July 2024 it was fined ￡240,000 and ordered to pay costs of ￡14,142.