by Russell Worth | Aug 2, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Factory Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Injury at Work
Tata Steel has been fined £1.98 million and ordered to pay costs of £22,500 after two workers suffered life-changing injuries in two separate incidents involving machinery at their premises. Northampton Crown Court heard one of the firm’s younger employees; a 26-year...
by Russell Worth | Jul 18, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
Roxel (Rocket Motor) Ltd, an engineering company from Worcestershire, has been fined more than £380,000 and ordered to pay costs of £60,000 after an employee was injured when inspecting a rocket motor which exploded. The employee was apparently using a fibre optic...
by Russell Worth | Jun 28, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, Injury at Work
British Telecom has been fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £100,000 after one its employees fell from a loft and broke his back and his ankles. The court heard how David Spurgeon was fixing a telephone fault in a residential block of flats in London....
by Russell Worth | Jun 27, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Injury at Work
A fish-processing firm from Plymouth has been fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £25,000 after one of its workers was killed when boxes of frozen fish fell on him. Tomas Suchy, a 22 year-old employee of Interfish Ltd was helping to clear up a pile of...
by Russell Worth | Jun 20, 2016 | Accident at Work, Construction Site Accident, Injury at Work
A Stonemasonry company from Perth has been fined £16,000 after one of its apprentice stonemasons was seriously injured as a result of contact with an overhead power line. Perth Sherriff Court heard how the apprentice Rodd McFarlane was carrying out repairs on a...
by Russell Worth | Jun 20, 2016 | Accident at Work, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, occupational dermatitis
A Hereford-based company that manufactures rubber sealants has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £7,000 after one of their workers developed allergic contact dermatitis through being exposed to sensitising ingredients in rubber compounds. An...
