by Russell Worth | Nov 21, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A maintenance company has been fined £120,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £9,000 after one of its workers fractured bones in his left foot when he fell 7 metres into a pulping machine. Manchester Crown Court heard how an employee of Valmet Ltd was instructed to...
by Russell Worth | Nov 14, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, News
Three companies have been fined a total of over £1million after workers fell around 16 metres when a temporary platform collapsed. A carpenter and a steel-fixer were working on a temporary platform above the opening to a stairwell on the 9th floor of a construction...
by Russell Worth | Aug 2, 2016 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma, occupational cancers
A school trust in Essex has been fined for poorly-planned and managed refurbishment and maintenance after staff and others were exposed to potentially harmful asbestos during the conversion of one of their buildings. Managers at The Boswells School in Chelmsford had...
by Russell Worth | Aug 2, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Injury at Work
Tata Steel has been fined £1.98 million and ordered to pay costs of £22,500 after two workers suffered life-changing injuries in two separate incidents involving machinery at their premises. Northampton Crown Court heard one of the firm’s younger employees; a 26-year...
by Russell Worth | Jul 18, 2016 | Accident at Work, asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, mesothelioma
The motor manufacturer General Motors UK Ltd has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after contactors were exposed to dangerous asbestos fibres while carrying out works on one of the company’s buildings in Ellesmere Port. An investigation by the HSE...
by Russell Worth | Jul 18, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
Roxel (Rocket Motor) Ltd, an engineering company from Worcestershire, has been fined more than £380,000 and ordered to pay costs of £60,000 after an employee was injured when inspecting a rocket motor which exploded. The employee was apparently using a fibre optic...
