by Russell Worth | May 17, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A lead crystal manufacturer in Cumbria has been fined £15,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Greatdale Ltd, trading as Cumbria Crystal, had employed Laura Ponsford who was 21 at the time...
by Russell Worth | May 16, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A plastics manufacturer from Cambridgeshire has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay full costs of £45,000 alongside a 15 month prison sentence (suspended for 2 years) following the death of an employee at their premises in Godmanchester. Peterborough Crown Court were...
by Russell Worth | May 10, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A construction firm from Cambridge has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of their workers was injured when a skip-loader he was driving turned over and trapped his leg. Mead Construction (Cambridge) Ltd was connecting a domestic...
by Russell Worth | May 10, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Injury at Work
A utility solutions company has been fined £2.6 million after one of their employees was killed when a trench he was working in collapsed and crushed him to death. James Sim, a 32-year-old sub-contractor working on behalf of Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions ltd, was...
by Russell Worth | May 3, 2016 | Medical Negligence, Personal Injury
The Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £19,000 because of inappropriate bedrail management and usage within its hospitals. The trust was initially visited by the HSE in February 2012 when issues with bedrail...
by Russell Worth | May 3, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Scaffolding Accidents
A Yorkshire roofing company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,355 after one of their employees fractured his skull falling from a roof he was working on. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive discovered that there was no risk assessment in...
