AWE fined more than £650,000 after electrical incident at Aldermaston site
Company deeply regrets incident
AWE has been fined more than £650,000 following a health and safety breach.
The fine was in relation to an incident at AWE’s Aldermaston site in June 2019, when a contractor narrowly avoided injury after one of their tools made contact with a live conductor from a 415V electrical source.
The company, which manufactures the UK nuclear deterrent Trident, entered a guilty plea to a charge brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
The company was sentenced and fined £660,000 at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on Monday, December 7. AWE was also ordered to pay costs of £9,945.71.