An Oldham based tissue manufacturing company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee severs his fingers on unguarded machinery. The 35 year old man was attempting to prevent paper from sticking to the seven metre wide print roller using a cloth to clean it while it was still in […]
A 20 year old man suffered a fractured skull just weeks after starting work for a roofing company, when he fell through a rooflight in an accident at work. He was one of four employees who were installing 25 solar panels on the roof of a farm in East Yorkshire. He fell through a rooflight […]
A Judge who said, “such things happen”, has overturned a compensation award to nine-year Lewis Pierce who injured his thumb at school. West Sussex County Council were sued on behalf of Lewis Pierce in 2009 after he injured his thumb at St Andrews’ School in Nuthurst, Horsham. Lady Justice Sharp said Lewis, then 9, was […]
A Warwickshire company that manufactures car components has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker sustained severe burns in an accident at work. He was burned by caustic soda as he leaned over a conveyor and required skin grafts to his stomach. The accident at work occurred at the company’s […]
October is the month when most road traffic accidents resulting from drink driving occur. AA DriveTech, part of the AA, has joined forces with ‘Don’t Be That Someone’ and ‘Tune Into Traffic’ to support the European Night Without Accidents which is to take place on Saturday 19th October 2013. It is an annual awareness campaign, […]
A roofing firm has been fined £4000 after a worker in Chorley was seriously injured when he fell through the roof at a school. It was found by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that St Helens-based W Swindells & Son (Roofing) Ltd had not put sufficient safety measures in place to ensure workers did […]
As many as 69% of drivers admitted to breaking the law on the road through overconfidence or complacency according to a survey by the charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line. 99% of those surveyed felt that they were relatively safe drivers. Vicki Wright, expert personal injury lawyer at Swain & Co Solicitors, says, “Overconfident […]
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) are calling for changes to be made to damages for bereavement in England and Wales. APIL carried out a survey in which 80% of respondents said that the Scottish system for bereavement damages is fairer. Currently, in England and Wales, damages for bereavement is a payment of a […]
A 30 year old man lost his fingers in an accident at work involving an unguarded machine. Shaun Newcomb, from Bourne, was working in Sewstern, Lincolnshire in March 2012 when the accident at work occurred. He was attempting to clear some blocked wood from the conveyor. As he did so, his right hand came into […]