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Workman suffers burns and shock as breaker hits power cable
The London Borough of Havering has been ordered to pay almost £20k in fines and prosecution costs following an incident in which an employee was injured when the breaker he was using struck an 11kv underground cable buried beneath the pavement.
The untrained worker was installing a bench and using the hydraulic breaker to excavate holes when the cable was struck.
John Crookes, HSE Inspector, said, “This incident could have been fatal. London Borough of Havering failed to provide a safe system of work as a result of which a temporary council worker was injured.”