The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has notified three companies that they will be prosecuted for health and safety offences following a worker fatality at the Hinkley Point C construction site

NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited are facing charges relating to an incident which occurred on the site, near Bridgwater, Somerset, on 13 November 2022.

Site supervisor Jason Waring, 48, died in a construction incident after sustaining fatal injuries.

Contractors Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited are the joint venture partners in BYLOR JV, the two companies delivering the main civil engineering works at HPC.

NNB GenCo is the principal contractor for the ongoing nuclear construction project.

The decision to begin legal proceedings follows an investigation by ONR, the UK’s independent nuclear regulator.

Details about specific charges, as well as the location and date of the first court hearing, will be announced once these are finalised.