by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | News
The director of a Maidstone veterinary practice has been given a conditional discharge after he allowed an employee to X-ray her own foot. Maidstone Magistrates heard how the 25 year-old woman, who was working as a vet and equine intern at Pet Emergency Treatment...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Claims, News, Personal Injury
Chessington World of Adventures has been sentenced for safety failings after a four-year-old girl was left suffering life-changing head injuries after falling from a raised walkway whilst she queued for a ride. The young girl, from Kent, fell almost four metres whilst...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A firm in Powys has been fined £10,000 after a woodworker lost his arm clearing sawdust from under a circular saw. 59-year-old Brian Morris, from Llanbadarn Fynnyd was working at Stagecraft Display Ltd.’s factory near Llandrindod Wells when the incident occurred in...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, News
Retail giant B&M has been fined £5,300 for exposing its employees to asbestos fibres at its store in Dalkeith. An investigation by Midlothian Council’s Environmental Health officers found the firm to be in breach of health and safety regulations and it pleaded...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, News
Former England footballer Stuart Pearce has spoken of his fear of developing mesothelioma, after spending four years working as an electrician before becoming a much-loved sports star. 52-year-old Pearce, who played for clubs including Nottingham Forest, Newcastle,...
