Pages On: Workplace Injuries

60-year-old forced into redundancy following accident at work

Posted: 1 May 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Knee Injury, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A 60-year-old warehouse operative, who has remained unnamed, was forced into redundancy following a preventable accident at work. The worker had just started his shift and was walking through the warehouse, when a fork-lift truck backed out of an alley and knocked him over. The fork-lift drove over his right leg, breaking it and causing substantial damage to his knee. He was rushed to hospital where he had to undergo surgery. He soon started to experience pain in his left leg, meaning he could only walk with crutches – a situation that…

Teenager goes deaf and another dies from workplace carbon monoxide poisoning

Posted: 25 April 2016

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death

A teenager has been robbed of his hearing in an accident at his place of work. The fast food worker also lost his friend and co-worker in the same incident. The two young men had been working at a South London carry-out food retailer when they were overcome with carbon monoxide fumes. They were found unconscious on the store room floor by their employer, who called emergency services. The two young men were rushed to hospital where one lost his fight for life and the other was in a coma for several days. It was…

Berkshire man receives £150,000 for life-changing workplace injuries

Posted: 12 April 2016

Posted in: Arm Injury, Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries

A Berkshire man in his 40s has been awarded £150,000 after sustaining life-changing injuries at his place of work. The man, a scaffolder, had been descending a 13-foot metal ladder to reach the ground from the first floor of the scaffolding when the ladder slipped. Work was being carried out on a block of flats in West London during 2012 when the accident occurred. It transpired that the ladders had not been adequately attached to the scaffolding by the construction company who contracted him. As a result, as soon as the scaffolder climbed on…

Council pays out £300,000 in compensation

Posted: 21 August 2015

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Personal Injury, Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries

It was revealed, following a Freedom of Information request, that Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council paid out almost £300,000 in compensation to staff between January 2012 and December last year. The biggest payout saw an employee walk away with £28,616 after being exposed to asbestos during employment, with another employee winning £3,000 after falling on hot tarmac. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has already been labeled ‘strapped for cash’ after being told it needs to save £38million by 2018. With claims including £1,000 going to an individual that suffered bruising after being…

Council pays out £3k to employee who tripped over

Posted: 15 August 2015

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

It has been revealed, following a Freedom of Information request, that Sandwell Borough Council has paid out over £300,000 in compensation to employees in a three-year window, including £3,000 to an employee that tripped over a traffic cone. The data revealed that several payouts were made between January 2012 and December 2014, ranging from fall injuries to asbestos-related illnesses. Of the £328,067 paid-out in compensation for injuries and illnesses, one of the largest packages went to an employee following asbestos-exposure. The worker received damages of £28,616. Another employee received £1,000 for…

Over £12,000 to Bradford council worker over toilet seat injury

Posted: 22 July 2015

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries

According to recently released figures, over £30million has been paid out to council workers since 2012, including a payment of over £12,000 to an employee that was ‘hit by a toilet lid when flushing’. The figures were released following a Freedom of Information request, which revealed that over 3,100 compensation payments were made to council employees over the last three years. Councils have since been urged to improve health and safety measures in the workplace. The claims ranged from slip, trips and falls to unstable objects falling and causing injury.…

Surrey police pay out £250k to injured workers

Posted: 10 July 2015

Posted in: Falls from Heights, Repetitive Strain Injury, Workplace Injuries

New figures have revealed that the Surrey Police Force has paid out over £250,000 in compensation for work place injuries in the past seven years. The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, show that since 2008, both officers and civilian staff have claimed for injuries including falls and electric shocks. It was revealed that a total of £271,207.14 was paid out for injuries in relation to a total of 46 claims. The largest claim was made in December 2011 when an employee claimed for developing repetitive strain injuries…

Workman suffers severe burns in electrical incident

Posted: 1 June 2015

Posted in: Workplace Injuries

An electrician has suffered serious burns to his legs, abdomen and face in an “electrical incident” while fixing traffic lights in Gloucester city centre. The man was working for Richings, a sub-contractor on behalf of Amey, called in to fix faulty traffic lights. It was heard that there was an “electrical incident” in Eastgate Street just before 09:45. Emergency services were immediately called to the scene, including an Air Ambulance. The electrician was rushed in an ambulance straight to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The Health and Safety Executive has already launched…

Dog that attacked police officer saved from destruction

Posted: 8 May 2015

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

The owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier that attacked a police officer has saved his dog from destruction by claiming that he attacked due to fear of the high-viz jacket. Michael Leech’s dog, Milo, bit Pc Philip Raymond twice after Mr Leech and his girlfriend had an argument in the street. Milo was due to be destroyed by order of a judge at Manchester Crown Court, but a dog behavioural expert provided evidence that his aggressiveness could be stopped if he were to be ‘castrated’. It was heard in court…

Firefighter wins six-figure sum for fall

Posted: 15 March 2015

Posted in: Arm Injury, Falls from Heights, Workplace Injuries

A severely injured firefighter has been awarded a six-figure compensation payout four years after he fell from a broken ladder. Michael Hollings had been working in the service for eight years when he suffered the injuries during a training exercise. He had been climbing a 13.5m ladder when it cracked and he fell to the ground in May 2011. Mr Hollings was attached to the top of the ladder by a harness, landed on a solid fence, leaving him suspended six inches from the ground. The fall left him with…

DJ suffers deafness after life-changing injury

Posted: 29 January 2015

Posted in: Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries

A well-known DJ has suffered a life-changing injury after an audience member let off a compressed air horn next to his ear. Lil Louis, real name Louis Sims, made an appearance at Sankeys nightclub in Manchester on 24 January but ended up in hospital. The DJ posted on his Facebook page, saying: “[the unknown audience member] may have ended my career”. Lil Louis is a DJ best known for his hit French Kiss. The 1989 hit made it to number two in the UK singles chart, featuring vocals by Shawn…

Building site wall collapse kills man

Posted: 3 December 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death

A man was killed today (Wednesday 3 December) after a wall, which was under construction, collapsed onto him. The wall had been part of former pub in east London that was undergoing construction work to make way for new flats. The accident happened at around 9am. Emergency services were called immediately to the old Anchor and Hope pub on Westferry Road on the Isle of Dogs. Despite great efforts to resuscitate the victim, he died at the scene of the accident.  The man, believed to be in his thirties, died from…

Laundry firm fined over worker spinal injury

Posted: 19 November 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Faulty Work Equipment, Leg Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Telford-based laundry firm has been fined £8,000 after a worker suffered “serious injuries” from the machinery. 19-year-old Matthew Brown had been working at the Cleantex Ltd launderette when the accident happened. He had been retrieving clothing from one of the industrial machines when he became trapped, leaving him with serious leg and spinal injuries. Following the accident Mr Brown required emergency surgery on the 22nd October 2013. It was heard in court that he thought that the machine had stopped moving when he entered it to remove the clothing, but…

Bakery to compensate worker £4k after being struck in the head

Posted: 30 October 2014

Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Premier Foods bakery in Trent Vale is to pay one of its workers £4,000 in compensation after he suffered a serious injury. Jonathan Wain was a mixing bay operator at the factory, and as part of weekend cleaning duties he had been asked to clean one of the ‘cages’ in the mixing bay. Whilst he was carrying out this task, a metal pipe fell and struck him on the head. It had been part of the cage but was not securely fixed in place. Mr Wain suffered a serious head injury…

Welder survives life-threatening accident

Posted: 29 August 2014

Posted in: Neck Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A welder from Birmingham has won a five-figure payout after he survived a life-threatening accident at his workplace in 2011. 48-year-old Alan Bailey had been operating a grinder on a piece of steel when the accident happened. It was heard that the equipment kicked back, slicing his throat. Medical experts said that he was “millimeters from dying”. The accident happened in August 2011, which left Mr Bailey with serious physical and psychological injuries. Despite the fact that he was wearing full protective clothing, he was “literally millimeters from suffering an injury which…

Worker wins £40k compensation for hand injury

Posted: 28 August 2014

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A worker who injured his hand while operating an aluminium-rolling machine has won £40,000 in compensation.  Robert Gibbons, from Wallsend, had been operating a machine used to roll aluminium sheeting into shape when his hand became caught in the rollers. His right hand, which is also his dominant hand, was left seriously fractured and deformed. Mr Gibbons worked for Alnmaritec, a boatbuilding company, when the accident happened. The machine he had been operating, a Flat Bar Pyramid Rolls machine, was controlled using a foot pedal. The machine was meant to stop…

Police officer attacked by dog

Posted: 24 August 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A dog is to be destroyed after it attacked a police officer during a criminal investigation. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier/Shar Pei cross, called Dodger, lunged and bit the officer on both legs, causing serious injury. Despite a 100-signature “save the dog” petition, the dog is to be destroyed. The owner of Dodger, 55-year-old Julie Cooper, has been ordered to pay £800 compensation to the injured police officer after pleading guilty to owning a dog that was dangerously out of control and caused injury. Magistrates ordered the dog to be destroyed, with…

Prison officer's ear bitten off by inmate

Posted: 1 August 2014

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Head and Brain Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A prison officer at HMP Nottingham had part of his ear bitten off by a prisoner earlier this week; only a few months after the authorities raised staff safety concerns. The incident happened on Wednesday at around 09:30. An ambulance was called to the Category B prison immediately after the accident happened, which transported the officer to the Queen’s Medical Centre. Having been discharged from the hospital, the officer will continue to receive treatment. In April of this year Nottingham Prison was branded “dangerous” as a result of overcrowding, budget cuts and…

Ex soldier suing for frost-bite developed during training

Posted: 28 July 2014

Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries

A 29-year-old ex-soldier is suing the Ministry of Defence after a training challenge caused him to suffer life-changing injuries. John Billet had been taking part in a leadership training exercise in Hampshire in 2009, whereby he and others were forced to lie in deep snow and camp in freezing conditions, when he suffered serious tissue damage to his hands and feet. He is suing the Ministry of Defence for £500,000. Having left the army in 2011, Mr Billet’s legal team said that the military career he loved was destroyed by the damage…

Nurse receives £13k in compensation after assault

Posted: 24 June 2014

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Workplace Injuries

A former nursing assistant has been awarded £13,000 in compensation after an assault at work ended his career as a nurse. Andrew Eurich from Stickney suffered serious injuries when restraining a patient and is expected to be on painkillers for the rest of his life. Mr Eurich had been working at the Ash Villa Care Home, a child and adolescent mental health service unit, when the accident happened. On restraining a patient he tore the cartilage in his lower back and was forced to leave work as a result. Mr Eurich had been…

Stuntman airlifted to hospital after motorcycle accident

Posted: 10 June 2014

Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents, Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries

A stuntman was airlifted to hospital on Saturday after his performance at the Royal Cornwall Show didn’t go to plan.  The motorcycle stuntman, Ken Fox, had to be airlifted to Derriford Hosptial in Plymouth after falling from the top of the cylindrical track during a “wall of death” performance. With the Royal Cornwall Show seeing its 220th year, thousands of people crowded to see the numerous acts and events taking place. One of the acts was a motorcycle show called “the wall of death”, which saw stuntmen ride at top speed…

How is war veteran limb-loss compensation calculated?

Posted: 4 June 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury, Armed Forces Injuries, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

The UK currently provides medical care, physical therapy and the necessary prosthetics for military servicemen injured in the line of duty. The UK, and the US, also provides compensation to veterans who have lost a limb; however, the question is frequently asked, how are these compensation rates determined? Meagan Lutz, a public affairs specialist with the Veteran’s Administration, said that it is a difficult and complicated sum to calculate, as all personal injuries affect people differently. However, the general premise is that compensation is based on an estimated average of how much…

Heinz worker has hand sliced off by unguarded machine

Posted: 19 May 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Faulty Work Equipment, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

The food giant Heinz has been fined after an engineer had his hand sliced off by a potato-peeling machine. The worker suffered “life-changing injuries” in the accident that could easily have been avoided at the Heinz factory in Norfolk. 49-year-old Alec Brackenbury had been servicing the machine at the company’s Westwick plant in Worstead when the accident happened last June. Mr Brackenbury is unable to work, drive or carry out many of his day-to-day duties as a result of the accident. The company received a fine of £50,000 at Norwich Magistrates’…

Border staff receive £20k repetitive strain injury compensation

Posted: 12 May 2014

Posted in: Neck Injuries, Repetitive Strain Injury, Shoulder Injuries, Workplace Injuries

Recent figures have revealed that border workers are claiming thousands of pounds in compensation every year for repetitive strain injuries. It has been found that dozens of staff are suing the Home Office with claims of injury caused by leaning out of the windows to check passports in France. This follows a compensation payout made to two Border workers, claiming they had “Calais shoulder”, a repetitive strain injury in the neck and shoulders, which saw them awarded with £20,000 compensation. Repetitive Strain Injuries are caused by repetitive overuse of muscles, nerves…

Policeman wins £9,000 for pothole fall

Posted: 20 April 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

A policeman has been awarded £9,000 in compensation after tripping on a pothole in a station car park in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The Sussex officer, who remains unnamed, is one of many who have claimed compensation from the force for a work-related injury. This follows a Freedom of Information request which found police officers to be claiming thousands of pounds in compensation for minor injuries every year. The officer injured her ankle after tripping in February 2011, and was awarded compensation through an out-of-court settlement. Other pending cases include an…

Ambulance attacks not always recorded

Posted: 5 April 2014

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Workplace Injuries

Union officials have stressed that many ambulance attacks are going unrecorded as staff are unable to use the computer recording system. The South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said that 104 members of staff were attacked on duty between February 2013 and January 2014.  Unison, however, claims that this figure is inaccurate as only around a quarter of attacks are actually recorded. An NHS staff survey proved this to be true as over 400 members of staff said they had been attacked during the same period of time. One Unison…

Police officer receives compensation for dog attack

Posted: 31 March 2014

Posted in: Animal Attacks, Foot Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

A Sussex police officer has been awarded compensation after a dog bit him while on duty. Figures were recently released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, which detailed the claims made by Sussex Police over the last three years. Alongside the dog bite, another officer received compensation for slipping on a wet floor, and a third officer contracted hepatitis A. One officer was awarded with compensation for a bullet-casing burn, receiving £500 compensation after the claim was settled out of court. The incident happened in Gatwick in January of…

Injured police officers at all time high in North Yorkshire

Posted: 13 October 2013

Posted in: Criminal Injury and Assault, Workplace Injuries

New figures have found that in North Yorkshire alone, more than 50 police officers have been injured during duty in the last 12 months. A survey that was commissioned earlier this year by the North Yorkshire Police Federation found that 52.1% of the 372 surveyed officers had suffered an injury as a result of an assault while on duty, with nearly 57% having suffered a personal injury more than once in the last 24 months. 41.5% of officers had been threatened with a weapon in the last 24 months, and over half…

Military honours for 21-year-old who saved colleagues despite back injury

Posted: 6 October 2013

Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Armed Forces Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

21-year-old Ben Taylor from Shropshire has been awarded a military honour after he risked his life in Afghanistan to save his colleagues. The young roofer and army reservist had originally joined the army because he “fancied a challenge”, which was achieved when he battled for 40 minutes with a severe back injury to rescue his colleagues from an upturned vehicle that was submerged in a canal. The vehicle accident occurred during his first operational visit to Afghanistan, as he became a top cover gunner in a Mastiff armoured vehicle with the…

Network Rail to be sentenced after worker death

Posted: 11 September 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Head and Brain Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death

Network Rail has pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach after 64-year-old Malcolm Slater died while repairing power lines. Mr. Slater had been working on the line between Norwich and London in 2008 when he fell 15ft (4.5m) onto the tracks below. The court heard that Network Rail had failed to provide workers with safe equipment, as previous overloading had weakened the hoist that they were using. Network Rail had already admitted to similar failures in past hearings, as the equipment provided for lifting their employees was unsafe.   The court heard…

Safety failures caused two factory deaths

Posted: 24 July 2013

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful & Accidental Death

In December 2010, two engineers lost their lives after being dragged into machinery at a Merseyside chipboard factory. An inquest found that the deaths were down to a failure in following factory procedures. The inquest jury concluded that the tragedies could have been prevented had the engineers been trained on how to use the machinery properly and safely. James Bibby and Thomas Elmer died from the major injuries sustained when they were dragged into a conveyor belt at the Sonae chipboard factory in Kirkby. The jury said, in a narrative verdict, that…

Man and dog rescued from water in Blackpool

Posted: 20 July 2013

Posted in: Public Place Accidents, Workplace Injuries

A man and dog found themselves in some difficulty when they got trapped in the water and algae near Blackpool’s North Pier. A woman had been walking her two dogs when one of them escaped its lead and ran into the water: where it then got stuck near the sea wall. Realising that the dog was trapped, a passerby attempted to rescue the dog but was similarly unable to free himself.  Rick Williams, an off-duty chief of beach patrol, heard the cries and rescued the man with a life belt. A lifeboat…

Workplace Burn Injury

Posted in: Workplace Injuries

Burn injuries are a common occurrence in the workplace, and there are many difference causes that can lead to burns. In certain situations, the injury will have occurred as a result of negligence, or a health and safety breach, and could have been avoided with the correct preventative measures in place. If you have suffered a workplace burn injury and believe that it could have been avoided, it is important you speak to a personal injury solicitor as soon as possible. You may be entitled to compensation for the injuries…

Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food temporarily closed for workplace safety check

Posted: 30 June 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

Jamie Oliver’s project ‘Ministry of Food’ in Rotherham has been temporarily closed down after concerns regarding health and safety. Rotherham Borough Council has closed the centre after a member of staff fell on a broken step. The missing stair nose had been repeatedly reported to bosses, but nothing had been done to fix it. The council said that “a full survey of the premises” is now under way.  Reactive rather than proactive The GMB union are concerned that an investigation only began because of the accident, not as a mechanism to prevent…

Ashbury Chocolates fined £5,000 following worker's severed finger

Posted: 20 June 2013

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries

Ashbury Chocolates, a chocolate making company from Corby, Northamptonshire, has been fined £5,000 after an employee’s finger was severed when cleaning the machinery. After the company admitted to breaching equipment regulations at Kettering Magistrates’ Court, they were fined £5,000, on top of which they had to pay costs of £3,500 and a victim surcharge of £15.  Joao Countinho, aged 41 from Peterborough, was cleaning the part of the machine which pipes liquid chocolate into moulds, called the depositor, on the 29th of February last year. Prosecutors say he reached up to…

Waste industry dangers highlighted in court

Posted: 18 April 2013

Posted in: Arm Injury, Faulty Work Equipment, Workplace Injuries

A Lincoln man suffered life-changing injuries because of a series of safety failings at the waste recycling plant where he worked in Scunthorpe, a court has heard. The 25-year-old worker had his arm severed when he tried to clear a blockage on a conveyor forming part of a metal sorting line. The man was in hospital for a week but surgeons were unable to reattach the arm. He has been unable to return to work since the incident. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which investigated, prosecuted the company after…

One in four construction sites fail safety inspections

Posted: 9 April 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries

One in four of the construction sites visited in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk during a month-long inspection initiative failed health and safety checks. Inspectors visited the counties as part of a national Health and Safety Executive (HSE) clampdown aimed at reducing workplace death, injury and ill health. A total of 17 of the 71 sites they inspected were found not to meet the minimum legal standards for health and safety, and 18 enforcement notices were issued as a result. According to HSE figures, 19 workers were killed while working in…

Businessman's safety failures led to worker's injury

Posted: 3 April 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A South London businessman and his company have been prosecuted for safety breaches after a worker narrowly escaped being crushed by a collapsing load of stone slabs. The two-tonne set of ten slabs fell from the side of a lorry as workmen were trying to unload them at a workshop. Employee Radoslaw Samson was on the trailer with a colleague having removed the packaging supporting the slabs so each could be removed individually by a forklift truck. As he altered a clamp at the end of a lifting arm attached…

Safety event advises on reducing sharps injuries

Posted: 26 March 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence, Workplace Injuries

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Healthcare Group has held an event in Northern Ireland giving advice to healthcare organisations on how new laws can help them reduce needle, scalpel blade and other sharps injuries in the healthcare industry. The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013, which implement the EU Directive 2010/2013, are due to come into force this spring. The regulations are designed to prevent sharps injuries in the hospital and health and social care sector, and introduce new and updated measures to protect…

New online guidance on workplace health surveillance

Posted: 20 March 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries

New online guidance has been launched to make it easier for employers to understand what they need to do to check and protect their workers’ health. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published new guidelines on health surveillance, which is needed where, even after all precautions are taken, there is still a risk that workers may be exposed to chemicals or other hazardous substances. Developed with industry, the clear and simple guidance makes it easier for employers to decide whether their workers need health surveillance, how to go about…

Engineering firm fined after worker loses finger

Posted: 6 March 2013

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Finger Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Leicester engineering company has been fined after an employee’s finger was crushed in machinery. Benjamin Asare was using a pneumatic press to insert bearings into their housings when the ram came down onto his right hand. His index finger was crushed and had to be amputated. Due to on-going problems related to his injuries he has not been able to return to work. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the incident found that the ram of the machine was running significantly faster than it should – an…

Halifax worker left disabled by crush injuries

Posted: 19 February 2013

Posted in: Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A West Yorkshire firm has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was left with life-threatening injuries when a 6.5 tonnes steel beam toppled onto his back. The weight of the beam crushed his spine and torso, leaving him with irreversible spinal and nerve damage. The worker was in hospital for five months. Although he regained some movement in his legs, he is largely confined to a wheelchair, still needs intensive therapy and is unlikely to be able to work again. The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section…

Missed opportunity for reforming health and safety at work

Posted: 6 February 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries

A recently published official report is a “missed opportunity” to voice strong concerns about Government plans to change health and safety regulations, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Professor Ragnar Löfstedt’s ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all: a review of progress one year on’ was published by the Department for Work and Pensions. Former Employment Minister Chris Grayling MP commissioned the report, which examines how the Government has implemented recommendations made by both Prof Löfstedt and Lord Young of Graffham. The Government has recommended a swift…

Poor computer use puts employees' health at risk

Posted: 29 January 2013

Posted in: Repetitive Strain Injury, Workplace Injuries

New research from energiseYou has found that the large majority of employees score just 55% on the key drivers of smart computer use. This suggests that the health of many employees is being put at risk. Oliver Gray, Managing Director of energiseYou, said: “With so many people failing to follow healthy computer practices, it’s no surprise that organisations experience such high musculo-skeletal related sickness absence rates.” “It is a legal requirement for organisations to carry out workstation assessments but still many employers fail to do so. Not only are these…

Steel firm sentenced for safety failings after worker injured

Posted: 24 January 2013

Posted in: Foot Injuries, Leg Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Barnsley firm has admitted safety failings that led to one of its workers being struck on his back by a large steel girder. The employee narrowly escaped being crushed by the girder and instead was knocked to the floor when it hit him from behind. He suffered severe bruising and soft tissue damage to his foot and lower leg in the incident. Magistrates heard that the worker had brought two girders into the workshop and placed them on powered rollers at the start of a shotblasting and painting line.…

Burton builder fined after chainsaw injures contractor

Posted: 18 December 2012

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Hand Injuries, Workplace Injuries

A Burton upon Trent builder has been fined for dangerous working practices and for failing to report an incident after a Derbyshire worker seriously injured his hand on a chainsaw. The worker caught his left hand on the moving teeth of the machine after it snagged during work to cut felled trees. His thumb was cut to the bone, breaking the joint, and he also injured his fingers. He was unable to work for six weeks. Stafford Magistrates Court heard that in March 2012 the worker had been sub-contracted to…

Workplace Injury Claims Lawyers Bradford

Posted in: Workplace Injuries

Your employer has a duty of care to ensure that you are free from injury at work. Accordingly, if you suffer an injury or disease during the course of employment in Bradford, and it was not your fault, then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation. In order to establish whether you are eligible, you should consult a personal injury solicitor to assess your case. Our accident at work lawyers ** are in a position to assist. The most common workplace injuries are as follows: Those caused…

Oil Rig Accident Claims

Posted in: Workplace Injuries

Working in an oil rig can be seen as one of the most dangerous and hazardous jobs because of what it involves and the environment it creates. Workers are often exposed to long hours and long periods away from home and loved ones. The tasks being carried out are typically complex and there is usually machinery involved. These factors mean that an oil rig accident is more likely than some other types of workplace injuries. Accident Claims Bradford are able to assist you in pursuing any claim arising from oil rig injuries.…

Office Injuries in Bradford

Posted in: Workplace Injuries, Workplace Slip

If you have been in an accident at work, within your office premises, you may be eligible for compensation. You will need to get in touch with our personal injury solicitors** for Bradford and ask for legal guidance to go about making the claim. If your claim is successful, you may receive financial compensation to cover the cost of treatment for any injuries you may have suffered during the accident in your office. You may also receive a compensation equivalent of the loss of earnings you might have suffered. Accident Claims Bradford…

Industrial Injury Compensation

Posted in: Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries

If you fall ill, are injured, and in extreme cases, are left disabled by an accident at work that was not your fault, then you could be entitled to claim industrial injury compensation from your employer. The law permits employees to make such claims against their employers because industrial accidents are usually caused by the employer’s negligence, which is in breach of their duty of care towards keeping employees safe. Employers should make every effort to comply with their duty of care. This includes providing appropriate equipment such as gloves…