Electricity

A ‘serious and systemic failure to properly address health and safety’ led to the death of John Bell, who was killed while carrying out maintenance work.

A landlord has been handed a nine-year prison sentence for gross negligence manslaughter after a child was electrocuted in the beer garden.

Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £500,000 over a child's electric shock in Warfield store.

Sellafield has been fined £320,000 after an electrician’s eyelashes were burned off while working on high voltage equipment.

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has been fined £660,000 after a flashover of electricity from a 415V source narrowly avoided a demolition contractor.

Treanor Pujol has been sentenced for safety breaches following two separate incidents that led to the death of an employee and serious injuries to a second worker.

Owner must pay £220k for multiple safety breaches

South Wales Police has been ordered to pay almost £95,000 in fines and costs after an employee sustained burns when he received an electric shock while installing computer data cables.

A stone merchant in North Yorkshire has been prosecuted after a vehicle made contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line for the second time.

The UK's biggest freight operator has been prosecuted for a second time after a child suffered 40% burns when he was shocked by an overhead cable.