by Russell Worth | Apr 25, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
A signage company based in Yorkshire has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £1500 after one of their workers fell five metres from a flat roof while attempting to erect a large sign. Chesterfield Magistrates Court heard how Sheffield-based Warburton...
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 | Apr 11, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury
A metalwork casting and machining company was fined £160,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of their employees nearly fell through a fragile roof at their premises. Canterbury Crown Court heard how one of the company’s employees was working on the...
by Russell Worth | Apr 11, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, News, Personal Injury
An electro-polishing company in Hampshire has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £1,000 after one of their workers was seriously injured by chemicals at their premises. Keith Brown, a 51-year-old employee of the company, was instructed by his manager...
by Russell Worth | Apr 4, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Scaffolding Accidents
A Glasgow-based solar panel installation company has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a roof light at a private home. The employee fractured his shin and a vertebra in the incident and was unable to work for nearly three...
by Russell Worth | Apr 3, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Construction Site Accident, Injury at Work
A Scottish contracting company has been fined after an incident where a worker struck an underground cable while digging holes to erect a new fence. The worker suffered serious burns to his hands and face while he was working on a primary school refurbishment project...
