by Russell Worth | Dec 30, 2014 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
A young man died on the first day of his new job after a four-tonne dumper crushed him. 20-year-old Daniel Whiston, from Dulverton, was driving the dumper when the incident occurred in 0ctober 2009. His employers, Wedgewood Buildings Ltd had allowed him to drive the...
by Russell Worth | Dec 18, 2014 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
The co-owner of a 2,800 acre sporting and fishing estate in the North Yorkshire national park has been fined following the death of a 79 year old occasional worker at the end of October 2013. James Gaffney, a retired businessman, died after an all-terrain vehicle he...
by Russell Worth | Dec 17, 2014 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
A fabric firm based in Rochdale has been fined £10,000 after one of its employees suffered severe chemical burns on his body. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation into the company, PW Greenhalgh and Co Ltd. after the incident occurred at its...
by Russell Worth | Dec 15, 2014 | Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, News
Bam Nuttall Ltd and Four Tees Engineering have both been found guilty of several breaches of the health and safety act after workers were exposed to lead while working on a site in the Solent. Two men – Russell Leggett and Robert Peach – were part of the team...
by Russell Worth | Dec 11, 2014 | Injury at Work
In a case of crucial importance to anyone whose work brings them into contact with potentially harmful substances, five chemical industry employees who developed an allergy to aluminium salts have had their compensation hopes dashed after the High Court ruled that...
by Russell Worth | Nov 15, 2013 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work, News
A tissue manufacturer in Oldham has been fined £10,000 after a worker lost the tops of two fingers in some machinery. Rose Tissues Ltd processes and prints toilet paper and kitchen roll at its plant in Hollinwood, Greater Manchester. The firm was prosecuted by the...
