by Russell Worth | Jun 6, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
A Derbyshire waste management company has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay costs of a further £50,000 after one of its workers was crushed to death between two vehicles. Derby Crown Court heard how 39-year-old employee Matthew Lambert was in the process of...
by Russell Worth | Jun 6, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Injury at Work
A tyre company from Kent has been fined £1million and ordered to pay costs of a further £99,000 after one of its employees was killed when a tyre exploded. Canterbury Crown Court heard how an employee of Watling Tyre Service Ltd was repairing a puncture on a...
by Russell Worth | May 31, 2016 | Accident Claims, Claims, Medical Negligence
An NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £76,000 after a patient fell from one of the trolleys at their hospital. Major Fyfe, a 90 year-old veteran, suffered a broken neck and head injuries when he fell from a QA3 trolley at the...
by Russell Worth | May 31, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Ladder Fall Accident
British Telecom PLC have been fined £600,000 and ordered to pay costs of £60,000 following injuries sustained by two of their workers through falling from height while working. Teesside Crown Court heard how two of the company’s Open Reach engineers had been working...
by Russell Worth | May 23, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Scaffolding Accidents
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have both been fined for safety failings by the HSE after a worker was seriously injured after falling three metres while installing windows. Darren Sheppard, a 54 year-old employee of GFT...
by Russell Worth | May 23, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Injury at Work
The Royal Mail Group Ltd has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay costs of a further £10,000 after one of its workers had his foot run over by a reach truck in a warehouse. The incident occurred at the group’s Rochester bundling warehouse where a worker stepped out...
