by Russell Worth | Jan 27, 2015 | Accident at Work
Tyrrells, the crisp producer based in Hertfordshire has been fined after one of its employees lost a part of his finger in a fryer. The 35-year-old man, who has asked not to be named, was cleaning part of the frying machine in November 2012 when he caught his finger...
by Russell Worth | Jan 26, 2015 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, News |
A building company has been fined after one of its employees suffered a broken back when he was hit by the bucket of a digger. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted RMC Building and Civil Engineering Ltd after investigating the incident at Warminster’s...
by Russell Worth | Jan 21, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A company in Hertfordshire has been fined after one of its workers suffered numerous injuries when he was hit by a reel of paper weighing 3.2 tonnes. The worker, who has not been named, was part of a team loading the reel onto a container at the Essex site of...
by Russell Worth | Jan 15, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
JCB has been fined £25,000 after one its workers received serious injuries to his ribs, spine, bladder and kidneys when he was crushed at the firm’s assembly plant in Staffordshire. The fine was levied on the company by Stafford Magistrates Court on the 14th January...
by Russell Worth | Jan 14, 2015 | Accident at Work
A company in Kent has been prosecuted after it exposed workers to a number of unnecessary dangers. European Active Projects Ltd. was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after photographs of the risks facing agency workers at the company’s site in...
by Russell Worth | Jan 14, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, News, Personal Injury
Jaguar Land Rover has been prosecuted after one of its workers suffered severe crush injuries from some inadequately guarded machinery. The 57-year-old man, who lives in Northfield, Birmingham but has asked not to be named, works as a maintenance electrician at the...
