by Russell Worth | May 23, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Injury at Work
The Royal Mail Group Ltd has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of a further £10,000 after one of its workers had his foot run over by a reach truck in a warehouse. The incident occurred at the group’s Rochester bundling warehouse where a worker stepped out...
by Russell Worth | May 17, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A lead crystal manufacturer in Cumbria has been fined £15,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Greatdale Ltd, trading as Cumbria Crystal, had employed Laura Ponsford who was 21 at the time...
by Russell Worth | May 16, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A plastics manufacturer from Cambridgeshire has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay full costs of £45,000 alongside a 15 month prison sentence (suspended for 2 years) following the death of an employee at their premises in Godmanchester. Peterborough Crown Court were...
by Russell Worth | May 10, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A construction firm from Cambridge has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of their workers was injured when a skip-loader he was driving turned over and trapped his leg. Mead Construction (Cambridge) Ltd was connecting a domestic...
by Russell Worth | May 10, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Injury at Work
A utility solutions company has been fined £2.6 million after one of their employees was killed when a trench he was working in collapsed and crushed him to death. James Sim, a 32-year-old sub-contractor working on behalf of Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions ltd, was...
