Electrician impaled on metal pipes after ladder fall

A Sheffield based network infrastructure contractor has been fined £550,000 after an employee fell from a stepladder and was impaled on metal piping.
The company was also ordered to pay the deceased’s family £200,000 in compensation.
Linbrooke Services Limited was found guilty of breaches of health and safety and working at height regulations at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.The court heard that electrician Matthew Mason was fatally injured while installing a public address system at