by Russell Worth | Dec 10, 2013 | Accident Claims, News
Blackpool Council has been fined £18,000 after a ten-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries when part of a park swing collapsed on him. Blackpool council had been warned repeatedly that the swing needed urgent attention, Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard on 23rd...
by Russell Worth | Dec 10, 2013 | Accident Claims, News
A leisure centre operator in Essex has been fined after a toddler suffered severe burns in the swimming pool’s changing area. The 2 year old’s father, who has asked not to be named, was walking his son to the pool area after preparing him for his weekly...
by Russell Worth | Dec 4, 2013 | News, Personal Injury
Luton Airport and its design subcontractor have been fined after an elderly passenger was killed on a poorly sited pedestrian crossing. 78-year-old Mary Whiting from Norfolk was crushed by a 26 tonne milk lorry as she crossed between the terminal building and a...
by Russell Worth | Dec 4, 2013 | News
A building company is facing a bill of nearly £600,000 in damages after a simple error by one of its employees in failing to extend the hydraulic feet of a mobile crane resulted in an industrial accident that caused extensive damage to equipment and plant and could...
by Russell Worth | Dec 3, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
A wood recycling company has been fined £200,000 following a death at work where a worker was struck and run over by a loading vehicle. 43-year-old Raymond Thomas Burns, from Eston, worked for UK Wood Recycling Ltd at its site in Redcar. He was employed as a load...
