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About 300 workers at Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan have walked out for a second day after a "breakdown in communication". About 400 contract workers at Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan, who walked out for a second day over safety fears, may return on Thursday.
They and hundreds more first walked out on Tuesday over safety fears after the death of a 49-year-old man on Sunday. They and hundreds more first walked out on Tuesday over on-site medical care after the death of a man on Sunday.
Half the workforce - who are building a new plant - met on Wednesday and agreed to a company offer of 24-hour medical cover, and they are now back at work. Another 400 workers - who are building a new plant - met on Wednesday and agreed to a company offer of 24-hour medical cover. They are back at work.
A union said it was believed news of this offer did not reach all workers.A union said it was believed news of this offer did not reach all workers.
Another section of the workforce had held a separate meeting on a different part of the site. Another section of the workforce had held a separate meeting on a different part of the site, and the Unite union blamed a "breakdown in communication" for full details of the company's offer not getting through to them.
They are involved in the routine maintenance of the existing power station and it is not clear that they had full details of the company offer. These workers are involved in the routine maintenance of the existing power station.
A Unite shop steward said: "Unfortunately there seems to have been a lack of communication and they have decided to take it on themselves to have another day off because they do not seem to think there is sufficient cover." However npower, which owns the power station, said these workers were expected to return on Thursday after discussing the new arrangements with their employers.
Unions said the industrial action had not affected the operation of the generating side of the plant because none of these workers, employed by npower, were involved. Npower said that about 400 workers for AMEC, the lead contractor for the construction of the flue gas desulphurisation project, returned to work on Wednesday after the company arranged for a registered medical nurse to be on site as an interim measure.
Staff first staged unofficial action over demands for a registered nurse to be based permanently at the site.
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It followed an incident on Sunday, where a man who worked in the sea wall intake area as part of the flue gas desulphurisation project, died after an accident. A paramedic with fully equipped vehicle will be on site from Thursday and ambulance facilities would be arranged over the next few days, said npower.
Unions said the industrial action had not affected the operation of the generating side of the plant because none of these workers, employed by npower, were involved.
The walk out followed an incident on Sunday, where a 49-year-old man who worked in the sea wall intake area as part of the flue gas desulphurisation project, died after an accident.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said the man had a heart attack. He later died at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.The Welsh Ambulance Service said the man had a heart attack. He later died at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Aberthaw is a coal-fired power station.Aberthaw is a coal-fired power station.
The site is owned by npower, but the workers who walked out are understood to have been working for contractors AMEC and Alstom.The site is owned by npower, but the workers who walked out are understood to have been working for contractors AMEC and Alstom.
A spokesman for AMEC said a registered medical nurse was due to start work on the flue gas desulphurisation project on Wednesday morning, following weeks of negotiations about first aid.