by Russell Worth | Mar 3, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease, News
A new drug which could help in the fight against mesothelioma has been given “orphan drug status” by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new stem-cell targeting cancer drug, called “VS-5584”, looks to target the cancer at its source by...
by Russell Worth | Mar 2, 2015 | Claims, News
An energy company has been fined a record-breaking £500,000 after a woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Pensioner Joyce Moore, from Middleton, passed away in October 2012 after the flue of her gas boiler was blocked by HIS Energy Ltd, who were offering free...
by Russell Worth | Feb 25, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
Steel giant Tata has been sentenced following an incident in which three of its employees suffered severe burns. Kelvin Watts, a trainee crane driver from Port Talbot, and two of his colleagues escaped over a crane when a giant ladle dislodged at Tata Strip Products...
by Russell Worth | Feb 25, 2015 | Claims, News
A new study has discovered a rise in incidents of dermatitis amongst healthcare workers. Following a campaign to encourage frontline hospital workers to wash their hands more often to reduce the risk of superbugs spreading in hospital wards, there has been an...
by Russell Worth | Feb 24, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
A firm in Nuneaton has appeared in court after one of its employees broken his neck whilst working with an unguarded machine. The 60-year-old machinist was working for Nuneaton Precisions Ltd and machining a piece of nylon when the incident occurred in September 2013,...
by Russell Worth | Feb 24, 2015 | Claims, News, Sunbed Negligence
A BBC journalist and reporter has spoken out about her skin cancer diagnosis following ten years of sunbed use. Laura McMullan described herself as a “tan addict” and joked with colleagues that her goal was to be a mahogany colour, the Birmingham Mail reported. But...
