Security Systems firm fined £10,000 after shocked engineer falls from ladder

Optyma Security Systems has been fined £10,000 following a prosecution brought by the HSE after a security service engineer was injured at Greenwich University.

Tom Williams, 23, suffered a fractured skull after he received an electric shock and fell from a ladder while servicing a CCTV camera on top of a six-metre-high mast.

Following the prosecution, HSE Inspector Leo Diez said:
"This case highlights the importance of choosing the right method of access for work that has to be done at he... (74 more words)

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