Kier fined £4.4m after power line strikes on M6 job
Kier fined £4.4m after power line strikes on M6 job
Abstract
In one incident an overhead cable the Kier workers brought down hit a lorry. An HSE investigation found after one incident Kier workers failed to immediately tell the network provider Scottish Power what they had done. Both incidents happened on overnight road works as part of the smart motorway scheme between junctions 16 and 18 near Sandbach in Cheshire. During the first incident, a team of three from Kier were working a night shift on 28 March 2018. The workers were clearing tarmac from the hard shoulder and loading a truck with a digger. In the second incident the workers were unaware of the overhead hazards. HSE inspector Mike Lisle said: "This is a significant fine reflecting the seriousness of the failures here. The company's failure to plan the work properly and provide an adequate risk assessment put its workers and those using the motorway in significant danger."