Stephen Paton a mushroom grower from North Berwick in Scotland was fatally injured when he was electrocuted on his mushroom farm on Monday the 30th of October.
Stephen worked with his father Neil Paton at Halfland Mushrooms.
The dangers of electrically powered equipment have never been more starkly illustrated.
In August in Watsonville USA a similar sounding accident happened - Erik Ramos-Zapeda was using a metal-handled pitchfork to scoop manure from the ground onto a conveyor belt. Stephen Paton was inspecting an electrical conveyor belt when the fatal accident happened.
One tragic death on a mushroom farm is one too many. Health and safety standards on mushroom farms must be of the highest standard if these types of accident are to be avoided.
