by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A recycling firm in Lincolnshire has been prosecuted after one of its workers suffered a broken back following an incident where he was hit by a washing machine. 48-year-old Desmond Adlington was working at Environcom England Ltd in Grantham when the incident occurred...
by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A brewery in Hertfordshire has appeared in court after an employee broke his foot when it got stuck in a rotating stirrer. The 34-year-old worker, who has asked to remain nameless, was working for Wye Valley Brewery in Hertfordshire when the incident occurred in...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Accident at Work
Shepherd Neame, the country’s oldest brewery business, has appeared in court for safety breaches after a young agency worker lost his finger in an unprotected machine. 21-year-old Billy Scanlan, from Sheerness, had gone into a fenced-off part of the site which...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
Two Dorset businesses have appeared in court after a worker was injured in an incident involving an industrial vacuum at a site in Bristol. The 53-year-old employee from Bristol, who has asked not to be named, was working as an industrial cleaner at the site when the...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Accident at Work
A construction company has appeared in court after a worker sustained serious injuries in an incident where he was struck by a concrete beam. Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard that M&J Ballantyne Ltd had been contracted for a house build on land in Rutland. The...
by Russell Worth | Feb 16, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
Two subcontractors from Sheffield have each been given eight-month prison sentences, suspended for 18 months, following the death of a worker. 56-year-old William Ward sustained catastrophic injuries when part of a 33-tonne metal barge collapsed on top of him in the...
