£50,000 in compensation for electrocution

A man who was electrocuted at work has received £50,000 in compensation in an out of court settlement. He was studying accountancy part-time whilst working as a supermarket cashier. He was standing behind a till scanning products for a customer when his screen went blank and his scanner stopped working. As he had been instructed, he bent down and reached under his till so that he could disconnect the lead going from the mains to a transformer that powered his system.