Wakefield Personal Injury Blog
Falling store mirror causes child’s death
Posted: June 20, 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Personal Injury Public Place Accidents Shop Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death
A young boy has died after a mirror fell in designer clothing shop ‘Hugo Boss’. Four-year-old Austen Harrison suffered severe head injuries, which caused his death in hospital on the 8th of June after shopping with family at the Bicester Village fashion outlet in Oxford. Described by relatives as being a “bright and vibrant boy”, he […]
Read MoreIllegal gas work causes serious explosion
Posted: May 30, 2013
Posted in: Arm Injury Foot Injuries Hand Injuries Leg Injuries Personal Injury Public Place Accidents
Daniel George Hickling, 39, from Howsham, Lincolnshire, has been prosecuted with an 11-month prison sentence suspended for two years, 300 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £2,000 after carrying out illegal gas work in a Nettleton home. Trading as DGH Plumbing and Heating, Mr Hickling was hired to reduce the height of two […]
Read MoreRemembering those hit by workplace accidents
Posted: April 25, 2013
Posted in: Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
The UK will unite in quiet reflection this Sunday – Workers’ Memorial Day – to remember thousands of lives lost or affected due to workplace accidents or industrial disease. Sunday, 28th April, is also World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is highlighting the day, and […]
Read MoreHealth and safety and the older worker
Posted: April 19, 2013
Posted in: Workplace Injuries
The Southern District of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Ireland Branch has held an event to discuss the health and safety risks associated with extending the pension age in Ireland. The pensionable age currently stands at 66-years-old but there are plans to raise it to 68 by 2028. The IOSH event was […]
Read MoreBuilding contractor prosecuted after worker loses leg
Posted: April 9, 2013
Posted in: Leg Injuries Shoulder Injuries Spine & Back Injuries Workplace Injuries
A director of a Wimborne building firm has been fined after a self-employed worker was seriously injured when working on an extension at a local cottage. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the property was on a sloping site and needed excavating below the level of the shallow cottage foundation […]
Read MoreMirror, munch, manoeuvre – is eating behind the wheel dangerous?
Posted: April 4, 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents
New research has revealed two thirds of motorists eat when behind the wheel despite most drivers thinking it’s dangerous and should be illegal. Almost one in six (15%) motorists have also crashed or had a near miss as a result of in-car eating. The survey of 2,000 motorists by car insurer Admiral has shown that […]
Read MoreGlass company in court after employee loses finger
Posted: March 26, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Finger Injuries Hand Injuries Workplace Injuries
A West Midlands glass processor has been prosecuted for safety breaches after an employee’s finger had to be amputated when it was crushed in machinery. Asif Hussain was helping a colleague free a large piece of glass which had become stuck in a machine. Sandwell magistrates were told that Mr Hussain was able to enter […]
Read MoreCompensation awarded for pothole trip leading to brain injury
Posted: March 20, 2013
Posted in: Head and Brain Injuries Pothole Injuries Public Place Accidents
An Australian charity worker has been awarded “substantial damages” after he tripped in a pothole in South London and sustained a serious brain injury, reports the BBC. The incident occurred in 2007, when Kyle Bullock tripped in a three-inch deep pothole in Haringey. He was unable to break his fall because of the steep gradient […]
Read MoreFood company fined over worker’s death
Posted: March 12, 2013
Posted in: Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
A West Yorkshire firm has been fined £250,000 for safety offences after a gas explosion in an industrial bakery oven ripped through its factory – killing a father of two and badly injuring another worker. The company, which is now in administration, was also told by a judge at York Crown Court to pay £124,896 […]
Read MoreImproving worker protection from harmful chemicals in Europe
Posted: March 11, 2013
Posted in: Workplace Injuries
Workers across Europe are set to receive greater protection from exposure to harmful chemicals at work if a recent proposal from the European Commission is adopted. Commission proposals The Commission hopes to amend five existing EU health and safety Directives that protect workers from exposure to harmful chemicals. These amendments would bring the Directives in […]
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