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 | 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 | Feb 29, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
A construction and demolition firm has been prosecuted after workers were seen throwing sacks of rubble from an open fifth floor window of a building directly opposite a Police Station. Officers called the Health and Safety Executive after witnessing workers launching...
by Russell Worth | Feb 29, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
Two companies have been fined for health and safety breaches after the director of one of the firms fell through the other company’s roof. Bournemouth magistrates court heard that while the director of an access firm was attending a gutter cleaning job at the premises...
by Russell Worth | Feb 22, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents, Spinal Injury Compensation
As a part of managing the health and safety of your employees you have a duty to control the risks present in your workplace. In order to achieve this you need to think about what might cause harm to people and decide whether or not you are taking reasonable steps to...
by Russell Worth | Feb 22, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Head Injuries, Personal Injury, Spinal Injury Compensation
The NHS Litigation Authority has been prosecuted after an 82 year old man fell to his death outside a health centre. The man died after his mobility scooter collided with a wooden weather screen outside the main entrance of the Fareham Health Centre. The collision...
