by Russell Worth | Mar 25, 2015 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, News
A transport company in Cheshire has been fined £500,000 after an employee from Hull was crushed between two lorries, suffering horrific injuries. Last week (16th March), Warwick Crown Court heard that 38-year-old Jennifer Rose broke 13 bones in her back, ribs and...
by Russell Worth | Mar 24, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News |
Three companies have been prosecuted after a worker was crushed by part of a conveyor at a Sleaford plant. The incident, which happened in February 2013 during the construction of a renewable energy plant in Sleaford, saw the worker crushed when a conveyor section...
by Russell Worth | Mar 24, 2015 | Accident Claims, Claims, Cosmetic Surgery |
L’Oreal skincare brand La Roche-Posay has launched a new Skinchecker campaign to raise awareness of skin cancer globally. Having already launched in Australia and Latin America in January, the campaign is now being launched in Europe and the company believes that it...
by Russell Worth | Mar 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A firm in Aberdeenshire has appeared in court after it breached health and safety laws when a worker’s gloved hand was pulled into a machine. 23-year-old Mariusz Toporek, who is originally from Poland but now lives in Macduff, was an employee of Macduff Shipyards...
by Russell Worth | Mar 23, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A firm in West Yorkshire has appeared in court after an industrial oven exploded in its factory just minutes after its employees had left the area. The incident, which happened at Flexitallic Ltd’s factory in Cleckheaton in March 2013, was investigated by the Health...
by Russell Worth | Mar 20, 2015 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Claims, News, Personal Injury |
An Essex-based vegetable nursery has appeared in court after an employee’s arm was severed when it was pulled into the unguarded nip point of a machine. The 39 year-old worker, who lived in a cabin on the firm’s Nazeing site, was working with a large moving machine...
