ESB fined €250k after apprentice electrician electrocuted

The ESB has been fined €250,000 after a 22-year-old apprentice electrician was killed when he became confused about which part of the equipment he was working on was live.

The court heard no visual warning sign or flag was placed inside the cubicle to warn employees working there that there was live electrical apparatus overhead.

The company pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to failing to manage and conduct maintenance work on an indoor 38kw cubicle T142 for the safety of their employees at St Margret’s Rd, Finglas, Dublin, on January 15, 2013.