Three companies have today pleaded not guilty to health and safety offences following the death of a worker at a nuclear construction site in Somerset.<\/p>\n
NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd (NNB GenCo), Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O\u2019Rourke Delivery Limited appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court for a prosecution instigated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the UK\u2019s independent nuclear regulator.<\/p>\n
It relates to an incident at Hinkley Point C (HPC) near Bridgwater on 13 November 2022.<\/p>\n
Site supervisor Jason Waring, 48, died in a construction incident after sustaining fatal injuries.<\/p>\n
Today, NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd (NNB GenCo) entered a not guilty plea to failing to plan, manage and monitor the construction phase and co-ordinate matters relating to health and safety during the construction phase to ensure that work was carried out without risks to health and safety, contravening Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.<\/p>\n
Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O\u2019Rourke Delivery Limited entered not guilty pleas to failing to plan, manage and monitor to ensure that construction work was carried out without risks to health and safety, contravening Regulation 15(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.<\/p>\n
Contractors Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O\u2019Rourke Delivery Limited are the joint venture partners in BYLOR JV, the two companies delivering the main civil engineering works at HPC.<\/p>\n
NNB GenCo is the principal contractor for the ongoing nuclear construction project.<\/p>\n
This matter will now progress to trial and the case was adjourned until 30 January at Bristol Crown Court for a pre-trial review hearing.<\/p>\n
The decision to begin legal proceedings followed an investigation into the incident by ONR.<\/p>\n
No further comment can be made at this time due to the live legal proceedings, ONR said.<\/p>\n
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