Worker paralysed in 30ft fall during electricity pylon demolition

Wood Transmission and Distribution Limited has been fined £240,000 after a man was left paralysed from the chest down after falling from an electricity pylon during demolition work.
Gavin Pugh, from Bangor in North Wales, was 35 at the time of the incident and employed as a linesman by Wood Transmission and Distribution Limited. He had been demolishing and replacing electricity pylons in East Staffordshire when he fell more than 30 feet on 6 April 2022.
Birmingham Magistrates Court was tol