by Russell Worth | Jan 31, 2017 | Accident Claims, Back Injury, Personal Injury, Spinal Injury Compensation
The spinal cord is essentially a bundle of nerves that runs from the brain down through the spine to the lower lumbar area, just below your ribs. The cord forms part of the central nervous system that sends information around the body to and from the brain. There are...
by Russell Worth | Feb 22, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Faulty Equipment, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Industrial Disease, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents, Spinal Injury Compensation
As a part of managing the health and safety of your employees you have a duty to control the risks present in your workplace. In order to achieve this you need to think about what might cause harm to people and decide whether or not you are taking reasonable steps to...
by Russell Worth | Feb 22, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Head Injuries, Personal Injury, Spinal Injury Compensation
The NHS Litigation Authority has been prosecuted after an 82 year old man fell to his death outside a health centre. The man died after his mobility scooter collided with a wooden weather screen outside the main entrance of the Fareham Health Centre. The collision...
by Russell Worth | Feb 15, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Factory Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents, Spinal Injury Compensation
Your spinal cord is a huge mesh of nerves that runs down the centre of your back. It carries signals and between your brain and your body, which makes your body perform all of the vital functions it does, both consciously and unconsciously. It is protected by the...
by Russell Worth | Feb 8, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents, Spinal Injury Compensation
A glazing company was fined £36,000 and ordered to pay a further £1,386 costs after it was prosecuted by the HSE for serious health and safety breaches. While no-one was actually injured as a result of the negligence, this case goes to show that cases like this can be...
by Russell Worth | Feb 1, 2016 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, Back Injury, Brain Injuries, Claims, Construction Site Accident, Factory Accidents, Forklift Accidents, Head Injuries, Injury at Work, Ladder Fall Accident, Personal Injury, Scaffolding Accidents, Spinal Injury Compensation
George Formby’s song about cleaning windows focussed on the comedy elements of window cleaning, but it must not be forgotten that cleaning windows carries a lot of risks that need to be identified and managed in order to avoid serious, and in some cases fatal,...