by Russell Worth | Apr 7, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
A firm has been fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety rules after a worker’s hand was crushed. The 40-year-old, who lives in Stourbridge but has asked not to be named, was injured in July last year after carrying out work at ThyssenKrupp (Materials) UK...
by Russell Worth | Apr 1, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, News |
A Dunston man has died of mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos through his job. 98-year-old William Key, known to his loved ones as Bob, spent his whole career working for firm Chubb Locks in Wolverhampton. The role, which he began in 1933 and ended in 1980,...
by Russell Worth | Mar 31, 2015 | Claims, News, Personal Injury
As the clocks spring forward once again, making way for lighter evenings and the Great British Summertime, Road safety charity Brake is calling on political parties to commit to setting the clocks an hour ahead all year round, to reduce the number of accidents on the...
by Russell Worth | Mar 31, 2015 | Back Injury, Claims, News, Personal Injury
A farmer appeared in court last week (24th March) after a woman sustained life-threatening injuries as she walked along a public footpath and was trampled by cows. 40-year-old Emma Smith from St Martin, near Helston was walking along the path in the village in June...
by Russell Worth | Mar 30, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Ladder Fall Accident, News, Scaffolding Accidents
A construction firm has been prosecuted for carrying out refurbishment work that was unsafe and exposed workers to a risk of serious injury. An investigation was launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the practices being employed by FN Property Limited...
by Russell Worth | Mar 30, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A produce company in East Yorkshire has been told it must pay £46,000 after two workers suffered serious injuries from reversing forklift trucks in two separate incidents at its factory in Chicksands, Bedfordshire. The first incident occurred in January 2015 at...
