by Russell Worth | Nov 20, 2014 | Accident at Work
A Shropshire-based laundry firm was fined £7,500 yesterday (19th November) after one of its teenage workers suffered serious back and leg injuries when he became trapped in one of the firm’s industrial machines. The fine, plus additional £750 costs, was imposed on the...
by Russell Worth | Nov 17, 2014 | Accident at Work
Over £1m workers could be suffering from work-related illnesses according to the latest figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The figures – taken from the organisation’s workplace health and safety report for 2013/2014 – found the...
by Russell Worth | Nov 4, 2014 | Accident at Work
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published provisional statistics for the year April 2013 to March 2014 which show that an estimated 28.2 million working days were lost through injury and ill health. In addition, in 2013/2014 there were: 133 fatal injuries...
by Russell Worth | Oct 23, 2014 | Accident at Work
An employee of Premier Foods, the largest food producer in the UK, has been awarded £4,600 in compensation after he was injured in a fall whilst cleaning a bread oven. Paul Strange was tasked with cleaning the large oven at the firms’ Avonmouth bakery. However, when...
by Russell Worth | Oct 16, 2014 | Accident at Work
The widow of a utility company worker who died from a blood clot three weeks after being laid up by a ‘sore knee’ has failed to convince a judge that his enforced immobility was the result of an avoidable slipping accident at work. The widow had sought almost £290,000...
by Russell Worth | Oct 2, 2014 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
In clearing a meat processing company of liability for a nasty knife wound suffered by a teenage production line worker, a judge has paid tribute to the company’s careful training of its staff and its responsible attitude to their health and safety. The 18-year-old...
