National Grid fined £3.2m after pylon accident

National Grid has been fined more than £3m after a father-of-two was left with life-changing injuries from working on a pylon in South Wales.
Justin Hollins was working replacing step bolts on the pylon at Treforest Industrial Estate in Pontypridd, when he received an electric shock of 33,000 volts.
The 50-year-old sustained burns to 40% of his body, including to his arms and legs, and also lost part of his right buttock.Hollins, who had six operations in the space of his first 10 days in