Personal Injury News Archive
| Horse rider wins GBP 37k personal injury compensation 30/12/2011 A woman who was thrown from a horse she was riding has been awarded GBP 37,000 in personal injury compensation after a successful injury claim.Ceri Tonkinson broke her back in the fall from the horse after it was startled by another horse ridden by Stephen Davies, an employee of Downside |
| Woman seeking GBP 1m compensation after go-karting accident 30/12/2011 A woman who was injured in an accident at a go-karting track is seeking personal compensation of up to GBP 1 million after launching an injury claim.Julie Markie was working as a school teacher and was involved in a school trip to the karting venue operated by Driveflight, trading under |
| House building firm fined after accident at work 29/12/2011 A house building firm has been fined GBP 8,000 after a worker was almost killed in an accident at work.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Wain Homes (North West) Ltd after an employee cut into a live electricity cable on a building site.Trafford Magistrates' Court heard that the 42-year-old |
| Global steel firm fined after accident at work 28/12/2011 Global steel firm Corus has been fined after two of its employees suffered serious injuries in an accident at work when a 300 kg warehouse door collapsed on them.The employees were attempting to repair a roller shutter door at the firm's Workington plant when the door and the pillar supporting |
| Wiltshire firm fined after death of a worker 23/12/2011 A Wiltshire man and firm operating in Somerset have been fined after a worker lost his life in an accident at work.Father-of-two Neal Webber died at Whatley Quarry in Frome, Somerset in 2008 while carrying out maintenance in a large limestone fines hopper.Mr Webber and a colleague Neil Myers were |
| Farm firm fined after worker severely injured 23/12/2011 The operators of FH Benney and Sons have been fined GBP 7,500 and ordered to pay GBP 9,000 in costs after one of their employees was seriously injured in an accident at work.Derek Benney, Richard Benney and Roger Benney were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after Colin |
| Essex-based packaging firm fined after accident at work 22/12/2011 A packaging firm based in Essex has been fined GBP 12,000 after a worker's hand was injured when it became trapped between the rollers of a glueing machine.Lynda Jackson was using cleaning paper to dry machine parts when the paper became stuck between two glue rollers, resulting in her right |
| Rotherham firm fined after 'catalogue of failings' 22/12/2011 A Rotherham-based recycling firm has been fined for displaying "a blatant disregard" for the safety of its 120 employees by failing to protect them properly from dangerous parts of cutting and crushing equipment.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) uncovered a number of safety breaches at the Universal Recycling Company site |
| Family set to launch injury claim after toddler injured in Tesco 21/12/2011 The family of a toddler who was injured when he fell out of a Tesco shopping trolley is set to launch a personal injury claim against the supermarket.Eighteen month old Roman Herbert was shopping with his father at the Tesco store in Swindon when a wheel fell off the trolley, |
| Welsh estate agent fined after accident at work 21/12/2011 A Mid-Wales estate agent has been fined GBP 75,000 after a 79-year-old contractor employed by the firm died after falling from the roof of a carport he was working on.Chester Crown Court heard that Roger Jary was a self-employed contractor of Morris, Marshall & Poole and was carrying out repairs |
| Southampton grandmother set to receive personal injury compensation 20/12/2011 A Southampton grandmother who made an injury claim after suffering a serious injury, following a fall in Santa's grotto, is set to receive personal injury compensation.Joan Dufosse, 73, from Hedge End, in Southampton, was visiting Santa's grotto in Selfridges store on Oxford Street, when she tripped over a Christmas bauble |
| Car accidents to increase over Christmas 19/12/2011 Difficult road conditions and dark nights in the winter have contributed to a rapid increase in the number of car accidents on Britain's roads.Leading motor insurer AXA has also warned that more than 50,000 motorists could have accidents this year as they head off for the Christmas break.Research carried out |
| Company director fined after employee death 19/12/2011 A construction company and its managing director have been fined after an employee was crushed to death in a tragic accident at work.Richard Mark Thornton died when a 50-tonne crane overturned while moving a steel column in March 2007.Mr Thornton's employer, Siteweld Construction Ltd, and the managing director of the |
| Global manufacturer fined GBP 180k after accident at work 19/12/2011 A global manufacturer had been fined GBP 180,000 after a worker was killed in an accident at work at the Andrex facility in Barrow-in-Furness.Christopher Massey was struck by a piece of machinery while working on a night shift at the Park Road factory.An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive |
| Farming firms encouraged to boost worker safety 16/12/2011 Farmers in Devon have been encouraged by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to boost safety measures at their premises in a bid to cut down on the number of serious accidents at work.Recent figures from the HSE show that 40 to 50 people are killed on British farms every |
| UK Coal Mining Ltd fined after death of four workers 15/12/2011 UK Coal Mining Ltd has been ordered to pay GBP 1.2 million in fines and costs for safety failings that resulted in the death of four mineworkers in incidents at two collieries in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands.The firm was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court for four breaches of Section |
| Contractors fined after roofer suffers severe injuries 15/12/2011 Three Essex-based contractors have been fined a total of GBP 53,000 after a roofer suffered life-threatening injuries that confined him to a wheelchair when he fell five metres.Jeremy Bishop was re-roofing a domestic property in Loughton when he fell from the scaffolding and suffered serious injuries to his head, chest |
| Council fined for endangering public at community centre 14/12/2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Council has been fined GBP 20,000 and ordered to pay GBP 25,550 in costs at Fenton Magistrates' Court after it endangered people's health when an accident at work resulted in a carbon monoxide leak at a community centre.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted the local authority after members |
| Companies fined 68k after accident at work 14/12/2011 Two companies based in Ely have been fined GBP 68,000 after an accident at work resulted in an employee breaking his back in a fall from a roof void.Anson Packaging Ltd and Cambs Compressor Engineering Ltd were also ordered to GBP 37,743.72 in costs after Anthony Strong suffered serious injuries.The |
| South Yorkshire fined 15k after apprentice's ordeal 13/12/2011 A South Yorkshire bus company has been fined GBP 15,000 after an apprentice was trapped under a 14-tonne bus when its air suspension failed.Ben Burgin, who was 17 at the time of the injury, needed restorative plastic surgery to his nose and eye socket following the incident at a Stagecoach |
| Manufacturer fined after worker's hand crushed 13/12/2011 A manufacturing firm has been fined GBP 10,000 after a employee's hand was crushed in a metal press at a factory in St Helens.Barry Kelleher lost his little finger and part of his palm in the incident and needed two skin grafting operations after the accident at work.The Health and |
| Firm fined following fatal forklift fall 12/12/2011 Two firms have been ordered to pay a total of over GBP 100,000 after a maintenance worker died in an accident at work at a Macclesfield factory.The incident occurred on June 10th 2006 when Martin Denton, 60, was being lifted in a metal container known as a stillage on the |
| Birmingham firm fined after fireball engulfs workers 09/12/2011 A company based in Birmingham has been fined following an accident at work in which two workers were engulfed in a fireball after cutting through a live 1,000 volt cable. The incident occurred on August 10th 2010 when Eamonn Osborne, 53, and David Rawlins, 46, employees of RVB Investments, |
| Council fined after worker loses fingers 08/12/2011 A local authority has been penalised after a self-employed heating contractor lost most of two fingers in poorly guarded machinery in an accident at work. Warwickshire County Council was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following an incident in October 2009 in which a 64-year-old man suffered permanent |
| Construction firm fined after worker falls from balcony 07/12/2011 A construction company and its director have been fined after an accident at work that saw an employee fall seven metres from a balcony.Preseli Construction & Maintenance Ltd employee Karl Kraus, from Pembroke Dock, was working on the site of a large domestic property at Incline Way, Saundersfoot.The 31-year-old was |
| Woman cut free from car after collision 06/12/2011 A woman had to be cut free from her car by firemen after a collision which could potentially lead to car accident compensation claims.The motorist escaped with minor injuries after her vehicle collided with a Royal Mail lorry weighing 7.5 tonnes on one of the busiest roads in Hampshire.Emergency services |
| Drink driving 'pushes up insurance premiums' 06/12/2011 Many car accident compensation claims are likely to result from collisions with drunk drivers.Department for Transport figures showed that six per cent of all road casualties occurred in accidents in which a driver was over the legal alcohol limit.Furthermore, 16 per cent of all road fatalities occur when drink driving |
| Unregistered plumber 'put lives at risk with dangerous work' 06/12/2011 A plumber in Ipswich who could have caused an accident at work by illegally working on gas appliances has been ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.Andrew Davies, of Tower Mill Road, Ipswich, carried out work on gas fittings and appliances at the Kwan Thai restaurant in Saint Nicholas |
| Supercar pile up most expensive car crash ever? 05/12/2011 Car accident compensation claims could be on the table after an extremely expensive crash involving several supercars.The traffic accident, which occurred in Japan on Sunday (December 4th), involved eight Ferraris and a Lamborghini among other vehicles.Wreckage from the high-end cars spread over 400 metres of the east-bound side of the |
| Pregnant woman's Mercedes destroyed in car crash 05/12/2011 A pregnant driver and a 27-year-old man have been taken to hospital after a car crash which could lead to car accident compensation claims.The pregnant woman was unhurt in the incident, but her Mercedes was destroyed by fire, and she was taken to hospital as a precaution.Her black Mercedes C180 |
| UK 'needs to improve health and safety implementation' 05/12/2011 British firms need to become better at implementing health and safety laws designed to prevent accidents at work, according to a new report.The Lofstedt investigation found that it is not the health and safety laws themselves that have caused unnecessary restrictions on companies, but bosses' inability to properly implement the |
| Five injured after police chase 02/12/2011 Five people were hurt when a high-speed police chase ended in a four-car smash, with a number of people suffering whiplash injuries.The police were pursuing a suspected stolen Daihatsu Charade through Leigh town centre when the police car collided with two Ford Kas and a Citroen C5.Four people were cut |
| Construction firms fined after worker's death 02/12/2011 Two construction firms have been fined a total of GBP 60,000 after an accident at work resulted in the death of an employee.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Amey Infrastructure Services and Mouchel Parkman Services after the worker fell from a cherry picker onto the dual carriageway below.Liverpool Crown |
| Cheshire firm fined 10k after accident at work 02/12/2011 A Cheshire firm has been fined GBP 10,000 after an accident at work resulted in an employee suffering severe injuries when his arm was dragged into an industrial conveyor belt.The 56-year-old worker suffered a broken elbow, crush injuries to his left hand and serious bruising in the incident.Chester Magistrates' Court |
| Sheffield deputy lord mayor to claim compensation after fall 01/12/2011 The deputy lord mayor of Sheffield is set to launch a personal injury claim after a garden chair he was sitting on collapsed while he was visiting a community festival.John Campbell was present to open the Lowedges Festival, organised by the Greenhill and Bradway Tenants' and Residents' Association (TARA).However, before |
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