Construction Safety Electrical Cable cut through

Construction Safety Electrical Cable cut through – a worker survives after cutting through a live mains cable.  A construction company has been fined £2,000 and made to pay £980 in fees after they were found guilty of failing to identify live mains cables under the CDM regulations 2007.
The company was clearing the site to build a new student block. The employee had been asked to go into the cellar and to start removing old pipes and cables. He was assured that all live power had been disconnected. He began to cut the cables with his angle grinder, as soon as this touched the live wires there was a large flash and the worker was thrown across the floor resulting in injuries to his elbow and shoulder. Luckily his protective clothing had protected him from burns or any more serious injuries. The HSE inspector added that this young worker had been extremely lucky to not sustain more serious injuries as a result of this incident and that companies need to take more seriously the risks from gas and electricity supplies getting written confirmation that they have been disconnected before work commences.