by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
In some cases erecting scaffolding can appear to be a relatively simple exercise, but it is crucial to the health and safety of those working on or around any scaffolding that it is constructed to a set of standards put in place by the Health and Safety Executive,...
by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
A signage company based in Yorkshire has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £1500 after one of their workers fell five metres from a flat roof while attempting to erect a large sign. Chesterfield Magistrates Court heard how Sheffield-based Warburton...
by Russell Worth | Apr 18, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Claims, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
A steel fabrication company based in North Yorkshire has been fined £135,000 and ordered to pay costs of £46,020 after one of its employees was killed when the fork lift truck he was operating turned over and crushed him to death. The Health and Safety Executive...
by Russell Worth | Apr 11, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury
A metalwork casting and machining company was fined £160,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of their employees nearly fell through a fragile roof at their premises. Canterbury Crown Court heard how one of the company’s employees was working on the...
by Russell Worth | Apr 4, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Scaffolding Accidents
A Glasgow-based solar panel installation company has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a roof light at a private home. The employee fractured his shin and a vertebra in the incident and was unable to work for nearly three...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
What is a personal injury compensation claim? If you have had an accident or suffered any kind of personal injury whilst on public property, and can illustrate that it was not your fault, you might be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim. The person...
