by mercuryadmin | May 3, 2017 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident |
A London Girl’s School has been fined and ordered to pay all the prosecution costs after one of its teachers was seriously injured in a fall from height in the school’s drama studio. Westminster Magistrates Court heard how the teacher was conducting rigging and...
by mercuryadmin | Apr 25, 2017 | Accident at Work, car Accident's, 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 mercuryadmin | Mar 7, 2017 | Accident Claims, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Personal Injury |
An estate agents company from Wiltshire has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £2,500 after a member of the public whom they were showing around a house, fell 30 feet down a well. Swindon Magistrates Court heard how while looking around a house, a...
by mercuryadmin | Jan 31, 2017 | Accident at Work, Brain Injuries, Head Injuries, Personal Injury |
In cartoons when someone gets hit on the head they likely develop a lump that looks – depending on the cartoon – a bit like a golf ball. As surprising as it may seem, that is potentially the best outcome from a knock to the head; it shows that any swelling is...
by mercuryadmin | 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 mercuryadmin | Nov 14, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, News |
Three companies have been fined a total of over £1million after workers fell around 16 metres when a temporary platform collapsed. A carpenter and a steel-fixer were working on a temporary platform above the opening to a stairwell on the 9th floor of a construction...