by Russell Worth | Jul 26, 2017 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Personal Injury
An international food production company has been prosecuted after a van driver for a recycling firm was knocked down by one of the company’s forklift trucks. Preston Magistrates Court heard how a worker from a recycling firm was securing a load of metal drums at the...
by Russell Worth | May 3, 2017 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
A London Girl’s School has been fined and ordered to pay all the prosecution costs after one of its teachers was seriously injured in a fall from height in the school’s drama studio. Westminster Magistrates Court heard how the teacher was conducting rigging and...
by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2017 | Accident at Work, Car Accidents, Claims, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Personal Injury
Nottinghamshire County Council has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay costs of over £10,000 after a disabled man was struck and injured by a tractor engaged in grounds maintenance. Nottingham Crown Court heard how the council workers were clearing branches and...
by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2017 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work
South West Water has been fined £1.8 million and ordered to pay costs of over £40,000 after one of its employees was found drowned at the Falmouth Waste Water Treatment Works where he had been working. Truro Crown Court heard how 54-year-old Robert Geach was last seen...
by Russell Worth | Mar 21, 2017 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury
An aircraft engineering company has been fined £160,000 and order to pay costs of over £5,000 after two of its employees were injured when they fell from the tail of an aeroplane. Chelmsford Magistrates Court heard how the two men; one an employee of Inflite...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2017 | Accident at Work, asbestosis compensation, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
In addition to listening to too much Radio 2 and covering your favourite radio with paint, there is a range of dangers to which painters and decorators are frequently exposed that can have serious consequences. Ladders and falls from height Whenever ladders or...
