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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe investigation found that had the initial switching programme prepared by Natural Power Services Limited been correctly followed, the incident would not have occurred.<\/p>\n
The company did not have a suitable system or process in place to check or review switching programmes to ensure that the procedures were correctly observed at all times, or to approve any changes to the initial switching programmes.<\/p>\n
Natural Power Services Limited pleaded guilty to safety breaches and was fined \u00a380,000 at Inverness Sheriff Court last week.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the hearing, an HSE spokesperson said: \u201cThis was a wholly avoidable incident caused by the failure of the company to implement a safe system of work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company should have ensured there was a suitably rigorous process for checking and reviewing the work. This would have ensured those doing the work were adhering to switching programmes in a manner that was suitable and safe.<\/p>\n
“This would have been a reasonably practicable measure to address the risks arising from the subsequent introduction of additional parallel works that might interfere with the previously planned switching programme.\u201d<\/p>\n
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