Scottishpower fined

Scottishpower has been fined £400,000 after being found guilty of breaches of health and safety legislation that led to a worker dieing after being electrocuted.

Alan Ronald was checking high-voltage power lines near Airdrie in North Lanarkshire on 16 December 2003 when he was electrocuted by 275,000 volts. His colleague Brian Beacham also suffered a non-fatal electric shock.

Airdrie Sheriff Court heard how the company had failed to ensure that Ronald was properly protected from l... (157 more words)

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