The Huddersfield Daily Examiner has reported that Kirklees Council will apparently have to pay a large amount in legal costs after one of its workers brought – and succeeded with – a personal injury claim against it. Mrs Kaye, an employee at Kirklees Council, brought a claim for personal injury against her employer after she […]
Author: Redmans Solicitors
A round-up of personal injury cases in the news this week – 19.08.2013 to 25.08.2013
In the first of our series on personal injury stories that have hit the news this week, we take a look at a number of health and safety cases that have hit the headlines since 19 August 2013. This includes a number of Health and Safety Executive prosecutions Pirelli in court over injuries at Carlisle […]
Famous tyre manufacturer fined over workplace injuries
The famous tyre manufacturer “Pirelli” has been fined by the Carlisle Magistrates’ Court after one of its workers suffered a serious injury at work because of health and safety lapses in one of its factory. The accident occurred on 3 January 2012 when an un-named 57-year-old worker was working in Pirelli’s factory. He was working […]
Food manufacturing company heavily fined after worker suffers injury
A Suffolk food manufacturing firm has been heavily fined after a worker suffered serious injuries at work because of health and safety breaches. Mr Attila Czege, 34, was working for Indo European Foods Ltd when the accident happened on 20 September 2012. Mr Czege was working on a production line which was bagging rice when […]
Two major companies to pay over £100,000 after major blazes in Leeds
Two major companies were sentenced in late July over a major blaze in Leeds that took place in September 2010. The two companies, Northern Gas Networks Operations Ltd and Morgan Sindall (Infrastructure) plc, were found by the Leeds Crown Court to have neglected basic health and safety procedures when installing gas mains during a construction […]
Eight-metre fall for trainee leads to heavy fine for company
A Rickmansworth firm has been heavily fined and ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution after a trainee suffered serious injuries after an accident at work. The accident happened on 3 December 2012 when the trainee was working with his employer, Nature’s Power Limited, fitting a flue liner down a chimney as part of […]
Council prosecuted and fined after worker falls through roof
A local authority has been fined by a Sheriff Court after a worker was seriously injured in a fall from height in May 2011. Mr Douglas McGregor, 52, was working for The Moray Council as a labourer when the incident occurred on 27 May 2011. Mr McGregor was working on the removal and replacing of […]
Birmingham builders prosecuted by HSE after asbestos failings
Two Birmingham-based builders have been successfully prosecuted after they seriously breached health and safety regulations. The two self-employed builders, Mr Harnek Ram and Mr Gulzar Singh, were prosecuted by the HSE after they illegally removed and broke up asbestos panels outside a home in Handsworth, exposing the homeowners and themselves to asbestos. The builders were […]
Bradford Council fined after worker falls 35 feet from cherry-picker
A Council in the north of England has been fined and ordered to pay the prosecution’s costs after a worker nearly died in a fall last year. Bradford Council appeared in front of the Bradford Magistrates’ Court last month after a worker was extremely seriously injured in a fall from a cherry picker because of […]
Newport Council fined for allowing contractor to carry out work on boiler
A Welsh local authority has been heavily fined by a Magistrates Court after it allowed a contractor to perform work when it had not properly checked his competence to do so. Newport City Council have got into hot water with the law after it engaged a contractor in 2010 to carry out work on a […]