Sheffield Personal Injury Blog
4-year-old girl burnt on beach sand heated by disposable BBQ
Posted: June 3, 2013
Posted in: Foot Injuries Hand Injuries Personal Injury
As the weather has continued to improve throughout the UK, more and more of us are spending our evenings outside having a barbeque with friends and family. However, this proved rather dangerous on Sunday as a four-year-old girl suffered burns after falling in the sand on a Devon beach. The young girl and her family were […]
Read MoreFood company are prosecuted as worker severs fingertip
Posted: May 30, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Faulty Work Equipment Finger Injuries Workplace Injuries
A mincing machine has caused unnamed worker of an Ilkeston food company to severely sever his fingertip. When trying to remove meat from the machine, at Chilled Foods Limited’s Grange Farm factory in Loscoe, the worker managed to bring his hand into contact with the machine’s still-moving blade. Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court was told earlier […]
Read MoreFirm admits neglecting safety after three workers injure their hands
Posted: April 25, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Faulty Work Equipment Finger Injuries Hand Injuries Workplace Injuries
A Lincolnshire firm that makes disposable paper products has been ordered to pay more than £116,000 in fines and costs after three workers suffered hand injuries using unguarded machines. One man had to have his left thumb amputated after getting it crushed in unguarded machinery on a production line on 26th July 2011. He was […]
Read MoreSignificant usage of mobile devices while driving cars
Posted: April 19, 2013
Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents
Most U.S. drivers reported risking a serious car crash by talking on their cell phone, and about one in three read or sent text or email messages when driving, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study looked at the level of mobile phone use while […]
Read MoreBuilding firm sentenced after employee falls to death
Posted: April 9, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Falls from Heights Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death
A building firm and one of its directors have been sentenced after an employee fell 15 metres to his death in an empty water storage tank in Macclesfield. Liverpool Crown Court heard that the 45-year-old from Liverpool and a colleague had started work at the farm three days earlier. They had been constructing brick manhole […]
Read MoreGovernment to improve NHS patient safety
Posted: April 4, 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence
The Government has announced an overhaul of the NHS to ensure that the quality of patient care remains its key focus. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced how a culture of compassion will be a key marker of success, spelling an end to the distorting impact of targets and box ticking which led to the failings […]
Read MoreEnforcement action taken at many construction sites
Posted: March 26, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Falls from Heights Workplace Injuries
Nearly one in five construction sites visited across Britain have been subject to enforcement action after failing safety checks. In a month long initiative, inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited a total of 2363 sites where refurbishment or repair work was taking place and saw 2976 contractors. Around 631 enforcement notices were […]
Read MoreSmall claims court could ‘grind to a halt’ with road traffic accident claim reforms
Posted: March 20, 2013
Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents Whiplash Injuries
Increasing the small claims court limit for road traffic accident victims could cause the court system to grind to a halt, according to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). The Government consultation “Reducing the number and cost of whiplash claims”, which is now closed, proposes to increase the number of road traffic cases which […]
Read MoreThe inherent dangers of working at height
Posted: March 13, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Falls from Heights Shoulder Injuries Spine & Back Injuries Workplace Injuries
Workers across Britain are continuing to suffer serious injury and even death as a result of employers failing to ensure they are sufficiently protected when working at height. Life-changing injuries In London a worker suffered severe injuries when he fell through a roof light at a construction site. He was employed by an interior fit-out […]
Read MoreFood company in court over worker’s hand injury
Posted: March 12, 2013
Posted in: Employer Negligence Faulty Work Equipment Finger Injuries Workplace Injuries
A Leeds-based food company has been fined for safety failings after an agency worker had two fingers crushed by hydraulic rams in a sausage roll machine which had a broken guard. The 26-year-old worker was removing filling for pasties from a hopper on the machine when his fingers came into contact with dangerous moving parts. […]
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