by Russell Worth | Dec 3, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
A wood recycling company has been fined £200,000 following a death at work where a worker was struck and run over by a loading vehicle. 43-year-old Raymond Thomas Burns, from Eston, worked for UK Wood Recycling Ltd at its site in Redcar. He was employed as a load...
by Russell Worth | Dec 2, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News
A roofing company in Driffield has been fined nearly £10,000 after a worker suffered a fractured skull just weeks after starting at the company. The young worker, who has asked not to be named, was 20 years old when the incident occurred in September 2011. He had...
by Russell Worth | Nov 15, 2013 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work, News
A tissue manufacturer in Oldham has been fined £10,000 after a worker lost the tops of two fingers in some machinery. Rose Tissues Ltd processes and prints toilet paper and kitchen roll at its plant in Hollinwood, Greater Manchester. The firm was prosecuted by the...
by Russell Worth | Nov 13, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, News, Personal Injury
A company in Croydon that builds truck bodies has been fined after a worker’s leg was crushed by almost 4 tonnes of steel sheets. The incident happened when Andrew Trotter, a self-employed lorry driver from Stoke-on-Trent, was working alongside a number of employees...
by Russell Worth | Nov 8, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News, Personal Injury
A former navy man died after he was exposed to asbestos, an inquest has ruled. David Topliff, known as Sailor Dave, served in the Navy for 22 years. He died of pulmonary asbestosis in May this year. He had worked on a number of ships over the years, and was chief...
by Russell Worth | Sep 24, 2013 | Accident at Work, News
A builder from Leicestershire has been fined for safety failings after a sub-contractor fell through a fragile roof light, breaking his neck and arm. James Beeston, who is self-employed, had been hired to complete minor building repairs at a factory in Bagworth,...
