by Russell Worth | Feb 9, 2015 | Back Injury, Claims, Personal Injury
A roofing firm has been fined £10,000 after a young mental health patient fell from the roof of a hospital, breaking her back and pelvis. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted W Hughes and Son Ltd after finding that the firm had failed in its duty to...
by Russell Worth | Feb 5, 2015 | Claims
On Friday 6th February, we’ll be wearing red in support of the British Heart Foundation’s ‘Wear It. Beat It’ campaign. You may have seen the adverts on TV, but if not, more details of the campaign can be found here. ‘Wear It. Beat It’ has been set up to raise...
by Russell Worth | Feb 5, 2015 | Claims
A crackdown on sunbeds by Cheshire East Council has made them safer, new figures suggest. Officers from the Council’s regulatory services and health team went to 34 sunbed outlets between June and December 2014. Initial inspections found that just 32 sunbeds of a...
by Russell Worth | Feb 2, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
A global metal recycling company has been in court and fined £150,000 after one of its workers was killed by a 33-tonne metal barge, which collapsed on top of him. Father of two William Ward, who was 56 years old and lived in Handsworth, Sheffield, suffered...
by Russell Worth | Jan 28, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, News
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging employers in the North West of England to focus on the wellbeing of their employees as the organisation celebrates its 40th birthday. During 2013/14 there were 15 fatalities at North West based businesses, the HSE...
by Russell Worth | Jan 27, 2015 | Claims, Downloads, Injury at Work
The winter weather typically triggers the onset of coughs, colds and flu among the UK population but it can also make dermatitis and other skin conditions worse. The combination of the cold temperature outside and the dry air caused by heaters inside makes dermatitis...
