A construction contractor has been fined £566,670 after a tipper truck driven by one of its employees struck overhead power lines. The vehicle sustained minor damage and the driver was unhurt. 

 

The driver was employed by Mick George, a company that supplies earth moving, demolition, skip hire and waste management services to the construction industry.  

 

On 9 March 2016 he was emptying a load of soil from the tipper at a construction site in Northampton.  

 

He drove forward with the dump bed still raised and touched – or almost touched – the 33kV overhead power lines.