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A maintenance contractor has been ordered to pay £155,000 after a man was killed in an accident at work after he fell into a water cooling tower at work and drowned.
Michael Benn, 37, from Glenrothes, Fife was one of a team of three working to remove sludge and debris from part of a cooling tower at Connah's Quay Power Station on 27 August 2007.
Colleagues of Mr Benn heard him shouting but by the time they arrived he had disappeared. His body was later recovered.
His employers, Epsco Ltd, of Arran Road, Perth, Scotland, were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to have a safe system of work in place.
At Mold Crown Court, the company pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. They were fined a total £35,000 and ordered to pay costs of £120,000.
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