by Russell Worth | Jul 26, 2017 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Personal Injury
An international food production company has been prosecuted after a van driver for a recycling firm was knocked down by one of the company’s forklift trucks. Preston Magistrates Court heard how a worker from a recycling firm was securing a load of metal drums at the...
by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2017 | Accident at Work, Car Accidents, Claims, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Personal Injury
Nottinghamshire County Council has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay costs of over £10,000 after a disabled man was struck and injured by a tractor engaged in grounds maintenance. Nottingham Crown Court heard how the council workers were clearing branches and...
by Russell Worth | Dec 12, 2016 | Accident at Work, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work
An industrial equipment supplier has been fined £86,666 and ordered to pay costs of over £12,000 after a work-experience student was injured on their first ever day of work. Stafford Crown Court heard how the youth was assisting in the delivery of a heavy electrical...
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 | 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 | 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...
