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22/10/2008
Firm Fined Over Electrician's Death
Mitie Engineering Services (Edinburgh) Ltd has been fined £300,000 after an electrician died while working on a live wire marked "not in use" at a JJB Fitness Centre.
Michael Adamson, 26, from Bo'ness, died from electrocution.
At Dundee Sheriff Court his employer was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws and ordered to pay a fine.
Three of the firm's senior employees, managing director William Mitchell, operations director Scott Wallace and project and technical services manager Ian Storrar, were cleared of neglect over Mr Adamson's death earlier this month.
Speaking outside court, his sister Louise Adamson, 32, said: "Michael's life was priceless, you could never put a value on that.
"The company has been fined a substantial sum but companies have been getting fines for well over 30 years.
"Scotland still has one of the worst work-related death records and until you have company individuals held responsible for these, they are unlikely to sit up and take real notice.
"All we can do now is hope that the safety measures brought in since Michael died will have an impact."
(GK/JM)
Michael Adamson, 26, from Bo'ness, died from electrocution.
At Dundee Sheriff Court his employer was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws and ordered to pay a fine.
Three of the firm's senior employees, managing director William Mitchell, operations director Scott Wallace and project and technical services manager Ian Storrar, were cleared of neglect over Mr Adamson's death earlier this month.
Speaking outside court, his sister Louise Adamson, 32, said: "Michael's life was priceless, you could never put a value on that.
"The company has been fined a substantial sum but companies have been getting fines for well over 30 years.
"Scotland still has one of the worst work-related death records and until you have company individuals held responsible for these, they are unlikely to sit up and take real notice.
"All we can do now is hope that the safety measures brought in since Michael died will have an impact."
(GK/JM)
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