by Russell Worth | 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 Russell Worth | Mar 21, 2017 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury
An aircraft engineering company has been fined £160,000 and order to pay costs of over £5,000 after two of its employees were injured when they fell from the tail of an aeroplane. Chelmsford Magistrates Court heard how the two men; one an employee of Inflite...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2017 | Accident at Work, asbestosis compensation, Back Injury, Construction Site Accident, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents
In addition to listening to too much Radio 2 and covering your favourite radio with paint, there is a range of dangers to which painters and decorators are frequently exposed that can have serious consequences. Ladders and falls from height Whenever ladders or...
by Russell Worth | Dec 19, 2016 | Accident at Work, Brain Injuries, Ladder Fall Accident
The truck, bus and plant division of the vehicle manufacturer Volvo has been fined £900,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £6,000 after one of its workers fell from a ladder and suffered life-changing injuries. The employee was servicing a large delivery truck at...
by Russell Worth | Dec 6, 2016 | Accident at Work, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident
An international engineering company has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £60,000 after one of their employees died when he fell 30 feet from an electricity pylon. Bilfinger Industrial Services UK Ltd were investigated by the Health and Safety...
by Russell Worth | 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...
