Sellafield worker breaks back in 3m ladder fall

Nuclear decommissioning firm Sellafield Ltd was yesterday fined £400,000 after a maintenance worker suffered serious back injuries when he fell 3m from a scaffolding ladder at the nuclear site.
An employee of Sellafield Ltd, he was carrying out repair work in a low active chamber at the Magnox Reprocessing Facility at the Cumbrian site when the accident happened.
The maintenance fitter had been tasked with fixing a leaking pipeline within the reprocessing facility.
On 12 October 2021, the