by Russell Worth | Mar 16, 2015 | Claims, News, Personal Injury
A road traffic accident claim brought by a pedestrian who suffered “significant injuries” after being hit by a bus has been dismissed in court. The pedestrian suffered a number of injuries as a result of the collision, including a head injury but the court ruled that...
by Russell Worth | Mar 13, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
An engineering firm in Kent has been fined after a young employee was left disabled when a metal sheet fell on his feet, severing three toes from one foot and breaking all toes on the other. 20-year-old Anton Hunter, an engineer with G&P Machine Shop Ltd in...
by Russell Worth | Mar 13, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A metal galvanising company in Forfar has been prosecuted after an agency worker suffered severe leg injuries when a 500-kilogram A-frame fell onto him from a forklift truck. 19-year-old Robert Ramsey from Dundee had been working at a premises owned by Forfar...
by Russell Worth | Mar 13, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A conference has been announced by the Royal Society for the prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) to address a number of major health and safety issues facing construction workers in the UK. The Construction Health and Safety Conference, which will be held at Birmingham’s...
by Russell Worth | Mar 13, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A farm owner has appeared in court after a worker died when he exposed to toxic gas. The man, in his 20s, died after being exposed to Hydrogen Sulphide whilst attempting to repair an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a term used to describe...
by Russell Worth | Mar 12, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A firm in Somerset has been sentenced in court after a quarry blast saw huge rocks fired outside a designated safety zone. The rocks, weighting up to 15 kilos each, were sent flying across a public road and narrowly missed employees of WCD Sleeman and Sons Ltd. They...
