by Russell Worth | May 3, 2016 | Medical Negligence, Personal Injury
The Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £19,000 because of inappropriate bedrail management and usage within its hospitals. The trust was initially visited by the HSE in February 2012 when issues with bedrail...
by Russell Worth | May 3, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Scaffolding Accidents
A Yorkshire roofing company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,355 after one of their employees fractured his skull falling from a roof he was working on. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive discovered that there was no risk assessment in...
by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
In some cases erecting scaffolding can appear to be a relatively simple exercise, but it is crucial to the health and safety of those working on or around any scaffolding that it is constructed to a set of standards put in place by the Health and Safety Executive,...
by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
A signage company based in Yorkshire has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £1500 after one of their workers fell five metres from a flat roof while attempting to erect a large sign. Chesterfield Magistrates Court heard how Sheffield-based Warburton...
by Russell Worth | Apr 18, 2016 | asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, occupational cancers
Two companies have been fined a total of £15,000 for failing to deal with the removal of asbestos safely. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how two employees of a building renovation company had disturbed asbestos insulating board whilst they were carrying out...
