Housing firm fined £528,000 after cable strike

Maintenance workers given no information on underground services

Big fine follows cable strike

A Kent housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns to his face.

Five tips to avoid digging into disaster

Tony Abbott explains why contractors need to plan ahead when digging in busy towns and cities. The post Five tips to avoid digging into disaster appeared first on Construction Management.

Two contractors fined over £1m after cable strike at substation

A principal contractor and subcontractor have been fined a total of over £1m after a cable strike at an electricity substation. The post Two contractors fined over £1m after cable strike at substation appeared first on Construction Management.

Contractors fined £1m after cable strike

Two companies that really ought to know better have been handed fines totalling more than £1m after a cable strike caused an explosion that blistered an operative’s retina.