by Russell Worth | Feb 26, 2015 | News, Personal Injury
A company in Derbyshire has appeared in court after an incident which saw a two-storey portable building collapsing whilst 30 children and parents were gathered in the lower room. The incident occurred at Derbyshire’s Ashbourne Elim Pentecostal Church when two...
by Russell Worth | Feb 25, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
Steel giant Tata has been sentenced following an incident in which three of its employees suffered severe burns. Kelvin Watts, a trainee crane driver from Port Talbot, and two of his colleagues escaped over a crane when a giant ladle dislodged at Tata Strip Products...
by Russell Worth | Feb 24, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A firm in Nuneaton has appeared in court after one of its employees broken his neck whilst working with an unguarded machine. The 60-year-old machinist was working for Nuneaton Precisions Ltd and machining a piece of nylon when the incident occurred in September 2013,...
by Russell Worth | Feb 24, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A roofing company in Leicestershire has appeared in court after one of its employees fell through a roof light. Stormseal Roofing (Nationwide) Ltd was fined £16,000 for the incident, which happened in April 2013 and saw the 59-year-old falling over three metres...
by Russell Worth | Feb 24, 2015 | Claims, News, Sunbed Negligence
A BBC journalist and reporter has spoken out about her skin cancer diagnosis following ten years of sunbed use. Laura McMullan described herself as a “tan addict” and joked with colleagues that her goal was to be a mahogany colour, the Birmingham Mail reported. But...
by Russell Worth | Feb 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, News
A stevedoring company in Glamorgan has been fined after one of its employees suffered serious leg injuries in a fall from a trailer. 58-year-old Nigel Preece from Bridgend fell more than three metres whilst unloading steel coils from a trailer. He sustained two broken...
