by Russell Worth | Mar 30, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A produce company in East Yorkshire has been told it must pay £46,000 after two workers suffered serious injuries from reversing forklift trucks in two separate incidents at its factory in Chicksands, Bedfordshire. The first incident occurred in January 2015 at...
by Russell Worth | Mar 27, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Faulty Equipment, News, Personal Injury
A Cheshire ice-cream manufacturer has appeared in court after a worker’s finger was cut off by a machine. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Tattenhall Dairy Products Ltd, producer of Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, citing safety failings. The incident happened...
by Russell Worth | Mar 26, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
A toy distributor in Lancashire and a builder have appeared in court after a worker plunged to his death in the workplace. 39-year-old Craig Gray from Fleetwood had been assisting with the removal of debris from a warehouse roof at Halsall Toys Europe Ltd in July 2012...
by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
The Court of Appeal has ruled that, although employers are under a duty to carry out careful assessments of risks run by workers going about their jobs, the duty does not extend to such everyday matters as walking up and down stairs. A receptionist suffered ligament...
by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, News
A transport company in Cheshire has been fined £500,000 after an employee from Hull was crushed between two lorries, suffering horrific injuries. Last week (16th March), Warwick Crown Court heard that 38-year-old Jennifer Rose broke 13 bones in her back, ribs and...
by Russell Worth | Mar 24, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News |
Three companies have been prosecuted after a worker was crushed by part of a conveyor at a Sleaford plant. The incident, which happened in February 2013 during the construction of a renewable energy plant in Sleaford, saw the worker crushed when a conveyor section...
