by Russell Worth | Mar 21, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Faulty Equipment, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
Electrocution in the workplace is one of the most common forms of industrial injury, but it can be avoided in most cases by taking simple steps to ensure safe practise is used. It is your responsibility and the responsibility of your employer to make sure electricity...
by Russell Worth | Mar 21, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence
A national crane hire company has been fined by the HSE for failings which led to the deaths of two men when a crane collapsed on a housing development in London. Southwark Crown Court heard that sections of the tower crane separated and the crane subsequently...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
What is a personal injury compensation claim? If you have had an accident or suffered any kind of personal injury whilst on public property, and can illustrate that it was not your fault, you might be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim. The person...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2016 | Accident at Work, asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, Personal Injury
A gas engineer from Devon put himself and others at risk from exposure to asbestos fibres when he removed potentially dangerous asbestos material while replacing a boiler. The tenants of the property were concerned when they saw that the man had disturbed the old...
by Russell Worth | Feb 29, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
A construction and demolition firm has been prosecuted after workers were seen throwing sacks of rubble from an open fifth floor window of a building directly opposite a Police Station. Officers called the Health and Safety Executive after witnessing workers launching...
by Russell Worth | Feb 29, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
Two companies have been fined for health and safety breaches after the director of one of the firms fell through the other company’s roof. Bournemouth magistrates court heard that while the director of an access firm was attending a gutter cleaning job at the premises...
