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| Scaffolding firm admits health and safety breaches | Scaffolding firm admits health and safety breaches |
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| A man had his leg, hands and a foot amputated following an electric shock in a breach of health and safety in the workplace, a court has heard. | A man had his leg, hands and a foot amputated following an electric shock in a breach of health and safety in the workplace, a court has heard. |
| Jamie Mines was injured at Swindon's Kendrick Industrial Estate in December. | Jamie Mines was injured at Swindon's Kendrick Industrial Estate in December. |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) brought the case against both Boundary Scaffolding Ltd and its director Jonathon Lee Griffith-Clack. | The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) brought the case against both Boundary Scaffolding Ltd and its director Jonathon Lee Griffith-Clack. |
| Mr Griffith-Clack admitted the charges against himself and those against his company at Swindon Magistrates' Court. | Mr Griffith-Clack admitted the charges against himself and those against his company at Swindon Magistrates' Court. |
| Following the accident last year, Mr Mines was placed in an induced coma and missed his first Christmas with his five-month-old twins Isabella and Savannah. | Following the accident last year, Mr Mines was placed in an induced coma and missed his first Christmas with his five-month-old twins Isabella and Savannah. |
| Severely infected | Severely infected |
| In June, the 33-year-old returned home but had to be readmitted to hospital to have his left foot amputated after it became severely infected. | In June, the 33-year-old returned home but had to be readmitted to hospital to have his left foot amputated after it became severely infected. |
| He told the court he could not "put into words" what it was like waking up like this. | |
| "I will never hold my little girl's hands again, I can't make a cup of tea, or shower, or play sport," he said. | |
| "I sleep on my own downstairs as we can't adapt our rented home." | |
| A fund to help the semi-professional football player, who is from Frome but now lives in Swindon, has so far raised £144,000. | |
| The HSE said in a statement it was prosecuting the company and the director under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. | The HSE said in a statement it was prosecuting the company and the director under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. |
| "This follows an investigation into an electric shock suffered by a worker at the Kendrick Industrial Estate, Swindon, on 19 December 2016," it added. | "This follows an investigation into an electric shock suffered by a worker at the Kendrick Industrial Estate, Swindon, on 19 December 2016," it added. |
| Mr Mines was building a temporary shelter at the industrial estate when he came too close to overhead power lines and 33,000 volts passed through his body. | |
| Mr Griffith-Clack expressed his "deepest regret" about what happened. | |
| Sentencing is due to take place on 6 October. |