by Russell Worth | May 31, 2016 | Accident Claims, Claims, Medical Negligence
An NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £76,000 after a patient fell from one of the trolleys at their hospital. Major Fyfe, a 90 year-old veteran, suffered a broken neck and head injuries when he fell from a QA3 trolley at the...
by Russell Worth | Apr 18, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Claims, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
A steel fabrication company based in North Yorkshire has been fined £135,000 and ordered to pay costs of £46,020 after one of its employees was killed when the fork lift truck he was operating turned over and crushed him to death. The Health and Safety Executive...
by Russell Worth | Apr 11, 2016 | Accident at Work, Claims, Factory Accidents, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, News, Personal Injury
An electro-polishing company in Hampshire has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs of over £1,000 after one of their workers was seriously injured by chemicals at their premises. Keith Brown, a 51-year-old employee of the company, was instructed by his manager...
by Russell Worth | Mar 21, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence
A national crane hire company has been fined by the HSE for failings which led to the deaths of two men when a crane collapsed on a housing development in London. Southwark Crown Court heard that sections of the tower crane separated and the crane subsequently...
by Russell Worth | Mar 14, 2016 | Accident at Work, Back Injury, Claims, Injury at Work, Personal Injury
What is a personal injury compensation claim? If you have had an accident or suffered any kind of personal injury whilst on public property, and can illustrate that it was not your fault, you might be entitled to make a personal injury compensation claim. The person...
by Russell Worth | Mar 8, 2016 | Accident Claims, Back Injury, Claims, Head Injuries, Personal Injury
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive has found a fairground ride operator guilty of breaching section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work act after two passengers fell from a fairground ride and sustained injuries. The investigation found that the...
