Farmer prosecuted for woman’s life-threatening injuries
A farmer appeared in court last week (24th March) after a woman sustained life-threatening injuries as she walked along a public footpath and was trampled by cows. 40-year-old Emma Smith from St Martin, near Helston was walking along the path in the village in June...
Construction firm fined for unsafe refurbishment work
A construction firm has been prosecuted for carrying out refurbishment work that was unsafe and exposed workers to a risk of serious injury. An investigation was launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the practices being employed by FN Property Limited...
Company must pay £46,000 after two workers injured
A produce company in East Yorkshire has been told it must pay £46,000 after two workers suffered serious injuries from reversing forklift trucks in two separate incidents at its factory in Chicksands, Bedfordshire. The first incident occurred in January 2015 at...
Fife man launches legal action against former employer for asbestos exposure
A terminally ill gentleman is taking legal action against his former employer after it was claimed he was exposed to asbestos through his work. 80-year-old Brian Houghton, a father-of-four from Fife, Scotland has been diagnosed with an incurable form of mesothelioma...
Bed occupancy rates risking patient care
Occupancy rates for critical care beds in England’s hospitals reached their highest point last month, posing a potential threat to patients. 88.1% of adult critical care beds were occupied at England’s NHS hospitals in February, leaving patients at an increased risk...
Cheshire Ice-Cream Farm prosecuted after worker loses finger
A Cheshire ice-cream manufacturer has appeared in court after a worker’s finger was cut off by a machine. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Tattenhall Dairy Products Ltd, producer of Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, citing safety failings. The incident happened...
Toy firm and builder fined following worker’s death
A toy distributor in Lancashire and a builder have appeared in court after a worker plunged to his death in the workplace. 39-year-old Craig Gray from Fleetwood had been assisting with the removal of debris from a warehouse roof at Halsall Toys Europe Ltd in July 2012...
Woman awarded £6,000 for work fall but employer not negligent
The Court of Appeal has ruled that, although employers are under a duty to carry out careful assessments of risks run by workers going about their jobs, the duty does not extend to such everyday matters as walking up and down stairs. A receptionist suffered ligament...
Leeds trader handed suspended jail sentence for asbestos exposure
A Leeds trader has been handed a suspended jail sentence after he was found to be exposing occupants of a property in Bramhope and workers to potentially hazardous levels of asbestos fibres. 49-year-old Clive Raper, trading as Bramley Asbestos Removals, accepted a job...
Transport company fined £500,000 for worker’s injuries
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...
Concerns about melanoma diagnosis after man dies following years of suffering
Concerns have been raised regarding rates of melanoma diagnosis after a man developed the disease and went for years undiagnosed until he eventually passed away. Terry Wheeldon, from Manchester began using sunbeds in 1999 shortly before his marriage to wife Joann,...
Three firms fined after worker crushed
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...
Russell Worth backs L’ Oreal skin cancer campaign
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...
Aberdeenshire firm fined for safety failings
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...
Firm fined for factory oven blast
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...
Essex firm fined after worker’s arm severed
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...
Patient Seeks £1 Million Damages for Hospital Fall
A patient who went into an accident and emergency department to be treated for concussion following an assault, but ended up toppling 30 feet off a wall in the hospital grounds has launched a claim for more than £1 million in compensation. The tragic chain of events...
Salon fined for failing to ensure under-18s ban
A tanning salon chain in Bristol has been fined after it failed to enforce age restrictions in one of its outlets. Gloden Ltd was fined £4,000 alongside £1,500 in prosecution costs at Bristol Magistrates Court yesterday (18th March). The firm, which operates five...
Ecology consultancy fined after worker breaks back
An ecology consultancy has appeared in court after a worker broke her back when she fell at a former hospital site in Essex. The woman, a 34-year-old ecologist who has asked to remain anonymous, was surveying one of the derelict buildings for wildlife when the...
Winchester man died of asbestos exposure
A man from Winchester died from malignant mesothelioma after being exposed to a large quantity of asbestos, an inquest has heard. 94-year-old Philip Hall, a retired chemist, passed away at his Stoke Charity in June. It is thought that he was exposed to asbestos dust...
Asbestos exposure led to death of engineer
A Hampshire man exposed to asbestos through his work on warships has died from mesothelioma, an inquest has heard. 74-year-old David Barclay from Stubbington died in February at a local hospice. The inquest heard that Mr Barclay had contracted mesothelioma after being...
Waste company sentenced after worker’s death
A waste management company in Northampton must pay £265,000 after one of its workers was killed when he was hit by a vehicle at a waste transfer station in Watford. Father-of-two Patrick Murphy, from Watford was struck and then run over by a JCB loading shovel as he...
Claim by pedestrian hit by bus dismissed in court
A road traffic accident claim brought by a pedestrian who suffered “significant injuries” after being hit by a bus has been dismissed in court. The pedestrian suffered a number of injuries as a result of the collision, including a head injury but the court ruled that...
Engineering firm fined after worker left disabled
An engineering firm in Kent has been fined after a young employee was left disabled when a metal sheet fell on his feet, severing three toes from one foot and breaking all toes on the other. 20-year-old Anton Hunter, an engineer with G&P Machine Shop Ltd in...
Forfar Company fined following agency worker’s injury
A metal galvanising company in Forfar has been prosecuted after an agency worker suffered severe leg injuries when a 500-kilogram A-frame fell onto him from a forklift truck. 19-year-old Robert Ramsey from Dundee had been working at a premises owned by Forfar...
RoSPA announce construction industry conference
A conference has been announced by the Royal Society for the prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) to address a number of major health and safety issues facing construction workers in the UK. The Construction Health and Safety Conference, which will be held at Birmingham’s...
Farm owner in court following fatal work accident
A farm owner has appeared in court after a worker died when he exposed to toxic gas. The man, in his 20s, died after being exposed to Hydrogen Sulphide whilst attempting to repair an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a term used to describe...
Somerset firm fined for unsafe quarry blast
A firm in Somerset has been sentenced in court after a quarry blast saw huge rocks fired outside a designated safety zone. The rocks, weighting up to 15 kilos each, were sent flying across a public road and narrowly missed employees of WCD Sleeman and Sons Ltd. They...
Melanoma drug fast-tracked to NHS patients
An unlicensed and experimental new drug has been fast-tracked to skin cancer patients under a new government scheme, in an effort to get pioneering drugs to seriously ill patients much quicker. Pembrolizumab, a treatment for advanced skin cancer, is the first medicine...
Derbyshire firm in court after worker falls through roof
A construction company in Derbyshire has appeared in court after a scaffolder was severely injured when he fell through a fragile surface whilst working on a London supermarket. 31-year-old James Whelan from Wimbledon fell seven metres in the incident, fracturing...
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Butchers fined after worker’s hand injury
A butchery business from Bristol has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £1,500 after one of its workers was seriously injured when cutting up beef bones. Bristol Magistrates Court heard how the employee had been cutting up beef bones using a band...
Asbestosis – are you at risk?
If you go to your doctor with a slight cough and breathlessness, you might well expect to come out with a prescription for some medicine and a sick-note for a few days off work while it gets better. However if you have been exposed to asbestos at any point in your...
Hairdressers and Dermatitis
Hairdressing might not appear to be one of the most dangerous occupations out there, but you’d be surprised at how many injuries can be inflicted during the process of helping you look beautiful. While cuts from scissors and burns from heat-treatment devices can...