by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A stevedoring company in Glamorgan has been fined after one of its employees suffered serious leg injuries in a fall from a trailer. 58-year-old Nigel Preece from Bridgend fell more than three metres whilst unloading steel coils from a trailer. He sustained two broken...
by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A recycling firm in Lincolnshire has been prosecuted after one of its workers suffered a broken back following an incident where he was hit by a washing machine. 48-year-old Desmond Adlington was working at Environcom England Ltd in Grantham when the incident occurred...
by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A brewery in Hertfordshire has appeared in court after an employee broke his foot when it got stuck in a rotating stirrer. The 34-year-old worker, who has asked to remain nameless, was working for Wye Valley Brewery in Hertfordshire when the incident occurred in...
by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
A founder of the Staffordshire Regimental Association’s Burton branch died from asbestos exposure, a coroner has ruled. 89-year-old Sam Hutchings spent 36 years in the Burton brewing industry and was exposed to asbestos on many occasions. He and his colleagues...
by Russell Worth | Feb 20, 2015 | Personal Injury
Russell Worth is backing a new campaign launched by The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) which is calling for a change in the law for the families of those killed in England and Wales. ‘Fairness 4 Families’ is calling for the Government to review current...
