by Mercury Legal Online | Jun 27, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work |
A fish-processing firm from Plymouth has been fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £25,000 after one of its workers was killed when boxes of frozen fish fell on him. Tomas Suchy, a 22 year-old employee of Interfish Ltd was helping to clear up a pile of...
by Mercury Legal Online | Jun 20, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Injury at Work |
A Stonemasonry company from Perth has been fined £16,000 after one of its apprentice stonemasons was seriously injured as a result of contact with an overhead power line. Perth Sherriff Court heard how the apprentice Rodd McFarlane was carrying out repairs on a...
by Mercury Legal Online | Jun 20, 2016 | Accident at Work, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, occupational dermatitis |
A Hereford-based company that manufactures rubber sealants has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £7,000 after one of their workers developed allergic contact dermatitis through being exposed to sensitising ingredients in rubber compounds. An...
by Mercury Legal Online | Jun 13, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Personal Injury |
A haulage company from Dumfries has been fined £45,000 after one of its workers was tragically crushed to death by a hydraulic ramp on Christmas Eve. Ayr Sheriff Court heard how Andrew Adams, a 61-year-old employee J & J Currie Ltd was attempting to unload a...
by Mercury Legal Online | Jun 13, 2016 | Accident at Work, car Accident's, Claims, Injury at Work |
A motor vehicle repair company has been fined £33,000 and ordered to pay costs of £12,000 after a young man gaining work experience was crushed to death by a vehicle. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard how in December 2014, 27 year-old Muhammed Zohaib Yasin was...