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...
by Russell Worth | May 17, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A lead crystal manufacturer in Cumbria has been fined £15,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Greatdale Ltd, trading as Cumbria Crystal, had employed Laura Ponsford who was 21 at the time...
by Russell Worth | May 16, 2016 | Accident at Work, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A plastics manufacturer from Cambridgeshire has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay full costs of £45,000 alongside a 15 month prison sentence (suspended for 2 years) following the death of an employee at their premises in Godmanchester. Peterborough Crown Court were...
by Russell Worth | May 10, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A construction firm from Cambridge has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of their workers was injured when a skip-loader he was driving turned over and trapped his leg. Mead Construction (Cambridge) Ltd was connecting a domestic...
by Russell Worth | May 3, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Scaffolding Accidents
A Yorkshire roofing company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,355 after one of their employees fractured his skull falling from a roof he was working on. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive discovered that there was no risk assessment in...
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,...
