School fined after workers suffered electric shocks

A private school has been fined £6,000 after three of its employees suffered electrical burns in an accident.

The King's School Ely must also pay costs of more than £4,000 following the incident on September 15, 2009.

As reported in the News, four of the school's groundsmen were putting up a rugby post on the school's Brand Field when it came into contact with a live 33,000 volt overhead power line.

Three of the men received massive electric shocks and had to take time off work to recuperate.

Trevor Mott, from Littleport, needed skin grafts and his colleagues Ivor Lloyd, also from Littleport, and Chris Young, from Haddenham, both suffered burns.

At a hearing at Ely Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, the school pleaded guilty to breaching Section 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Regulation 4(3) of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.

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