accidentatwork

21

May

2024

Injured Worker Secures Damages After Five-Year Battle

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When liability for a workplace accident is disputed, personal injury lawyers will fight hard to ensure that a fair settlement is reached. In a case on point, a substantial settlement of a man’s personal injury claim was agreed following a five-year...

10

May

2024

Dock Worker Wins Settlement After Fall from Height

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A man has secured a damages settlement after he fell from height on his first day working at a dry dock. The man and other workers at the dry dock had been asked to sandpaper and paint river cruise boats before they returned to service. Although the...

16

Feb

2023

Wind Turbine Technician Due Compensation for Severed Left Arm

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Even the most careful employees can suffer industrial accidents for which even the most safety-conscious employers can be held responsible. The High Court made that point in the case of a technician whose left arm was traumatically amputated whilst...

18

May

2022

£250,000 Compensation for Man Who Fell Through Pub Roof Skylight

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Some personal injury claims pose a much greater challenge than others but, even in the toughest cases, specialist lawyers can achieve life-changing results. That was certainly so in the case of a young man who suffered catastrophic injuries when he...

30

Dec

2021

Health and Safety Fines are Meant to Hurt – Court of Appeal Ruling

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Written by Sydney Mitchell

Financial penalties imposed on employers for health and safety breaches are meant to hurt and that is why the scale of their business is highly relevant when it comes to sentencing. In a case on point, a company with an annual turnover of about £1.6...

17

Aug

2020

HSE Fatal Injury Statistics 2019/2020

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published provisional statistics for fatal workplace injuries in Great Britain for the year 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. A total of 111 workers were fatally injured at work in Great Britain in 2019/2020, a...

10

Jul

2020

Worker who tripped over ‘No Entry’ sign awarded £35,000

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Despite stringent health and safety rules, accidents at work remain a frequent occurrence and are a stark reminder of the need for risk assessments. In one case, a worker who tripped over a no entry sign, installed to deter employees from taking...

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