Articles On: Employer Negligence

Injured road worker awarded £8000 in compensation

Posted: 26 April 2016

A 35-year-old road worker from Chesterfield was awarded £8,000 in compensation by his employer, Carillion plc, following a serious injury to his ankle.  Dean Ness had been working nightshift on…

Employer’s ‘duty of care’ in cold weather

When working for an employer, it is the employer’s responsibility to ensure that working conditions are safe and secure for employees. This is particularly important if the job entails working…

Hospital maintenance staff exposed to asbestos

Posted: 25 October 2015

A recently released report has found that maintenance staff at a leading cancer hospital, the Christie hospital in Manchester, were exposed to dangerous airborne asbestos levels. Asbestos Contracting Limited (ACL)…

Asbestos victim wins right to compensation

Posted: 30 July 2015

Retired electrician Albert Carder has been awarded the right to claim compensation after being exposed to asbestos while working at Exeter University over 20 years ago. Now 85-years-old, it was…

Soldier wins £275k in compensation

Posted: 20 July 2015

A soldier has been awarded £275,000 in compensation after having cold water thrown over him, triggering a severely debilitating condition. 27-year-old father-of-two Barney Tipping had been one of 26 soldiers…

Doctor claims damages from NHS

Posted: 16 July 2015

A doctor from Bristol has claimed damages from the NHS after suffering a “serious spinal injury” on a boat trip seven years ago. Dr Kathleen Feest had been involved in…

Steel firm fined over worker’s amputated toes

Posted: 3 December 2014

A steel firm has been fined after a worker was crushed by a metal-shaping machine and had to have three toes amputated. The worker, from North Ormesby, had been working…

Injured engineer wins compensation

Posted: 29 November 2014

A maintenance engineer who suffered a severe brain injury at work has received ‘significant’ compensation from his former employer.  65-year-old Tom Williams had to have part of his skull removed…

Factory worker wins compensation

Posted: 2 October 2014

A factory worker from Gloucester has been awarded accident compensation after he suffered a serious wrist injury while working with old pipework.  53-year-old Oil Tank Supplies Limited worker, Terry Behan,…

Stained glass restorer fined over lead poisoning

Posted: 7 February 2014

The owner of Lincolnshire Stained Glass has been fined after one of his employees was found to have five times the normal amount of lead in his blood.  Employee David…

Esso fined for sailor death

Posted: 17 December 2013

Esso has been fined £100,000 after a member of staff was crushed to death under a fuel hose, an accident described as “wholly avoidable”. The company has admitted to health and…

Foundry in court after worker suffers multiple injuries

Posted: 9 April 2013

A Derbyshire foundry has been fined after an employee suffered multiple injuries when he was hit by a steel bar weighing 1.6 tonnes. The 61-year-old from Dronfield was working at…

Safety manifesto to reduce workplace injuries

Posted: 14 March 2013

At a time when the Government’s approach to health and safety reforms has been criticised for prioritising the reduction of red tape over the safety of Britain’s workers, trade union…

Employers failing to protect computer users

Posted: 29 January 2013

Recent research has found that employee health could be at risk because employers are not doing enough to protect them from the effects of poor computer use. According to the…

Too many workers still exposed to bloodborne viruses

Posted: 15 January 2013

Recent figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) have revealed that there were 541 reports of needlestick injuries that exposed workers in the healthcare sector to patients carrying bloodborne…

Construction companies fined over worker's six-metre fall

Posted: 18 December 2012

Two construction companies have been fined for serious safety failings after a Coventry worker suffered life-changing injuries when he plummeted more than six metres through a badly-covered hole in a…

Companies sentenced after worker's fatal fall

Posted: 30 November 2012

A major construction company and a concrete structures firm have been sentenced after a worker died following a fall from height at a Swansea building site. Self-employed father of two,…

Industrial & Manual Workplace Injuries

The term “industrial injuries” is a broad term to cover injuries suffered in dangerous workplaces such as factories, constructions sites and power plants. Employees can suffer injuries in any working…