Latest Personal Injury News
06.08.2010.
Company ordered to pay £10,000 fine for exposing workers to lead
Anglia Lead Limited - which was founded almost 150 years ago and specialises in roofing work in the south east - was found to be subjecting its members of staff to dangerous amounts of the substance at its plant in Norwich as they cast molten lead into industrial sheeting, following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive.
06.08.2010.
Man fined £800 for unregistered gas fitting
Mr Michael Huggins, from Bristol, pleaded guilty of twice breaking the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations at North Avon magistrates court and was subsequently ordered to pay a fine of £800 in addition to costs of £200.
06.08.2010.
Russell Jones & Walker launches scheme to reduce cycle accidents
Ms Porter is fronting RJW's campaign, which involves encouraging people who use bikes to go through training exercises prior to taking to the country's busy urban roads while also calling on drivers of HGVs to be taught cycle awareness techniques.
05.08.2010.
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust ordered to pay £40k in compensation
According to Getreading.co.uk, the mental health service provider must pay the damages sum after a woman ended up passing away following a diabetic coma which started under the supervision of the BHFT.
05.08.2010.
Company fined £8,000 for workplace accident
Klarius UK Ltd, which is based in Cheadle, pleaded guilty to breaking regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court following an incident in August 2009 which caused a worker to be immobilised for six weeks.
04.08.2010.
Workplace accident leads to man being awarded £5,500 in damages
Mr Ian Castle of Grimsby had his thumb crushed during an incident while he was working for P A Dunwell Transport Limited in a situation that was deemed to have been caused by the company's lack of training sessions and negligence to ensure that his working environment was safe and fit for purpose.
04.08.2010.
Asbestos claimants awarded £5,000 each
Pleural plaques are the result of asbestos-related illness and can often be found in people who have been employed in workplaces such as coal and slate mines. The complaint involves localised areas of fibrosis within a region of the lung.
04.08.2010.
Scottish company fined £16,750 for workplace accident
John Hogarth Limited, a firm based in the village of Kelso on the banks of the River Tweed, admitted culpability of breaking section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 after an investigation was conducted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
03.08.2010.
Work related disease campaigners fear lack of damages
According to the BBC, there is fear among these groups that the previous administration's plans to introduce a compensation fund for ex-employees affected by such health difficulties may not now be followed through by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance.
02.08.2010.
Workplace accident costs United Biscuits £10,000
The penalty comes after Halifax magistrates court heard how a female employee lost two fingers in an industrial-sized mixer used for making flapjacks.
02.08.2010.
Firm fined for unlicensed asbestos removal
Ron Couch Building Contractors from Panteg Station, Station Road, Griffithstown committed the offence when its workers removed a cupboard door clad with asbestos insulation board (AIB) during the replacement of a boiler at a private property.
30.07.2010.
Pensioner plans compensation claim after accident
According to the Edinburgh Evening News, Ms Nancy Smith was making her way from her home when a big council-owned vehicle reversed into her. The incident left her scooter in tatters and also a leg injury after her motorised vehicle hit the limb.
30.07.2010.
Woman seeks compensation following dental trauma
Karen Addy - who is being represented by Russell, Jones and Walker in this case - purchased the food from the branch of Boots at Leeds train station in November 2006 and sustained broken bones in her mouth as the stone in the sandwich damaged some of her teeth, the Yorkshire Evening Post has reported.
30.07.2010.
Workplace accident leads to £13,000 fine
Alan Hind, a 28-year-old man from Scotland, was helping to destroy an industrial building at a site in the town in northern England when the roof of the structure collapsed.
30.07.2010.
Construction firm hit with fine for endangering workers
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspected a site owned by Gee Construction in South Wales last year and found it to be unfit for purpose with dangerous problems ranging from unguarded lift shafts to inadequate edge protection.
27.07.2010.
New hope for spinal injury sufferers?
Researchers from Japan have devised a way of using stem cell technology to repair damaged spinal cords in mice.
27.07.2010.
Big Brother contestant 'could make personal injury claim'
Keeley Johnson was performing a task with some fellow housemates that involved climbing out of a giant bathtub when she fell and sustained the broken bone.
26.07.2010.
Worker may seek further damages after amputation
Mr Alan Seviour's foot was crushed during an incident at his workplace - John Wainwright & Co - in 2008 when the employee, who worked as a driver, was helping out with some relief road work.
23.07.2010.
Cyclist may sue after rush-hour collision
The 19-year-old suffered cuts and bruises after he was hit at a roundabout on Eanam in Blackburn, the Lancashire Telegraph reports.
23.07.2010.
Company fined over robot-related employment accident
Dura Automotive Body and Glass Systems UK has been punished with a £30,000 fee and ordered to pay £20,000 costs after a worker was hit by a manufacturing robot.
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