A public servant from Australia who suffered an injury whilst having sex on a work trip has been awarded workers compensation. A court approved her claim after it ruled that her personal injuries were sustained during the course of her employment. The BBC today reports how the woman suffered the injury when a glass light fitting above her bed fell … Read
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have prosecuted a building firm responsible for the serious injuries suffered by a woman who was hit by falling machinery after a crane accident-she was waiting at a bus stop at the time of the accident. Concentra Ltd was working on a refurbishment project on York Road in London when the crane accident took … Read
The Province reported yesterday how a film company is looking to quash a ruling that is allowing former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Gabrielle Carteris to sue them for personal injury compensation. Carteris became famous in the early 1990s for her role as Andrea Zuckerman; she is now suing Central Myth Pictures Ltd in relation to an accident that left her … Read
An employee of the Corrugated Case Company Ltd was seriously injured in a lorry accident at their site on Pilsley Road, Chesterfield. Pete Newsum had been on his lunch break on 14 December 2010 and was returning to site for his afternoon shift. The recent bad weather had led to delays in deliveries, leaving the site particularly congested. As he … Read
An elderly woman is pursuing a compensation claim after she fell down the gap between the train and platform. Joyce Bell, from Edmonton, slipped through the gap at Edmonton Green Station during wintry conditions on January 20 2011. After failing to agree a compensation settlement with Network Rail the 82-year-old is now beginning court proceedings in a bid to claim … Read
Two separate work accidents at a Derbyshire lead smelting works that resulted in the personal injury of two workers has led to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuting the companies in question. One of the workers suffered serious burns after an explosion whilst the other was severely crushed in a workplace accident during a maintenance operation on an overhead … Read
A landlord from Wigan has been sentenced to 150 hours of unpaid work over the next 12 months on top of £600 prosecution costs after gas safety failings at one of his properties. The Health and Safety Executive were tipped off by the tenant within the property, who suspected there had been a carbon monoxide leak at the rented house … Read
A construction worker who suffered a fall from height was lucky to escape with his life after he fell from the cage of a 20-tonnes cherry picker into the path of a moving bus on Euston Road. Leszek Soltysiak was pushed a further 15 metres down the road after being hit by the bus, suffering severe injuries to his head, … Read
Seven construction workers survived after a concrete collapse at John Moores University in Liverpool, the two companies involved in the project being fined £100,000. Wates Construction Ltd and MPB Structures were involved in the construction project of a new Art and Design Academy at the university. Whilst workers were pumping concrete onto the third floor of the building on 19 … Read
The owners of a public house have been prosecuted after one of its customers fell to their death down an open cellar hatch in a fatal pub accident that was caused by a breach of health and safety regulations. The owners then failed to report the incident to the relevant safety authorities. Sevenoaks magistrates’ court was told how William Eldridge … Read