Bradford Personal Injury Blog

14-year-old saved after being dragged out to sea

Posted: August 14, 2013

Posted in: Personal Injury 

A fourteen-year-old girl was saved after being dragged out to sea by a very powerful rip tide off the north coast of Norfolk yesterday. She had been on a sandbar with a friend at Sea Palling on Tuesday afternoon when the strong current pulled her away. Lifeguard Max Moore (19) luckily spotted the accident and swam […]

Launch of drowning awareness campaign

Posted: August 11, 2013

Posted in: Public Place Accidents 

Following many fatalities during the summer, the RNLI has launched a major campaign to warn people of the sea’s dangers.  Currently running as a trial, the RNLI are trying to better inform people about safety in the sea, with the trail running in Sussex, Kent and Hampshire throughout August. If the trial proves successful, it […]

Reopening of minor injuries unit following petition

Posted: August 5, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

After Malton Hospital in North Yorkshire reduced their opening hours, over 10,000 people signed a petition in an attempt to revert the decision. Marches were carried out throughout December after the plans were announced that it would close during evenings and weekends. The decision to cut hours was originally made by NHS North Yorkshire and York, […]

Safety failures caused two factory deaths

Posted: July 24, 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 […]

Man and dog rescued from water in Blackpool

Posted: July 20, 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 […]

Tyre importance re-evaluated following Bestival crash deaths

Posted: July 17, 2013

Posted in: Bus Accidents Public Transport Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Following a fatal crash last September, a coroner is to urge the government to re-evaluate the dangers of ignored vehicle tyre age. The crash involved a coach returning from the popular music festival on the Isle of Wight, when one of the 20-year-old tyres burst on the busy A3 in Surrey. Three of the passengers were killed […]

Two never events are investigated in Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

Posted: July 5, 2013

Posted in: Medical Negligence NHS Claims 

What the Department of Health calls “never events” have occurred twice in a hospital in Devon last month. One of the said ‘events’ involved a blood transfusion of the wrong blood type, and the other comprised an unneeded angiogram – whereby a tube is fed into the patient’s heart. Both of these uncontrolled, and particularly invasive, procedures […]

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

Posted: June 30, 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 […]

Woman injured in gas explosion at home

Posted: June 28, 2013

Posted in: Personal Injury 

After a domestic gas explosion caused six injuries in Jarrow only a few days ago, another has now had a similar outcome in Barrow. Both believed to have been caused by gas leaks, it would appear that this is becoming only too common an occurrence. Are gas companies to blame for this reoccurring problem? The […]

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

Posted: June 20, 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.  […]