by Russell Worth | Dec 19, 2016 | Accident Claims, News, Personal Injury
A farmer from near Bradford on Avon has been fined and ordered to pay costs of £30,000 after two members of the public were injured – one fatally – by cows in his field. The two elderly brothers; Mike and John Porter, were walking their dogs on leads along a public...
by Russell Worth | Dec 19, 2016 | Accident at Work, Brain Injuries, Ladder Fall Accident
The truck, bus and plant division of the vehicle manufacturer Volvo has been fined £900,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of its workers fell from a ladder and suffered life-changing injuries. The employee was servicing a large delivery truck at...
by Russell Worth | Dec 12, 2016 | Injury at Work, News
Four people have received suspended jail sentences and heavy fines for a variety of ongoing health and safety failings at a furniture factory in Port Talbot. When the Health and Safety Executive visited the factory as a part of their programme of visits to woodworking...
by Russell Worth | Dec 12, 2016 | Accident at Work, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work
An industrial equipment supplier has been fined £86,666 and ordered to pay costs of over £12,000 after a work-experience student was injured on their first ever day of work. Stafford Crown Court heard how the youth was assisting in the delivery of a heavy electrical...
by Russell Worth | Dec 6, 2016 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
An international engineering company has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £60,000 after one of their employees died when he fell 30 feet from an electricity pylon. Bilfinger Industrial Services UK Ltd were investigated by the Health and Safety...
