This week, a rather gruesome injury made the news when a man from Essex suffered quite bad burns whilst on the job at a Chelmsford engineering plant.
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Medical negligence leads to £37.5k in compensation
This week, news broke that the NHS has been made to pay for the mistakes of medical staff, awarding £37,500 in compensation following a botched surgery.
Blind man seeks compensation after Tasered by police
News broke this week how one poor man has decided to seek personal injury compensation after being Tasered by police in a case of mistaken identity.
Head injuries all around for UK workers
It was a bad week for UK workers, with not one but two pretty nasty incidents involving head injuries recently that left employees reeling.
Injuries lead to tens of thousands of pounds in compensation
This week, two personal injury compensation awards were made for a total of more than £75,000 due to a personal injury at work and a medical negligence claim.
School bullies major headache for local councils
The ‘bullying epidemic’ in the UK has become a major headache for the nation’s schools, costing local councils nearly £110,000 in legal fees last year alone.
The HSE is at it again with a brace of new fines
It’s been work accident claims as far as the eye can see lately, with the Health & Safety Executive putting the hurt on negligent employers.
The dangerous world of injuries in the workplace
No one ever said that working a regular job was the safest thing to do everyday, but most of the time you should be relatively safe from harm – but accidents still happen, and when they do, they tend to be quite serious!
More work accident claims this week as HSE prosecutes 2 firms
It’s been another bad week for both manufacturing workers and their employers, as two instances of personal injury at work bring massive fines and legal fees to bear on two different companies.
HSE out in force this week after spate of work accidents
It seems like it’s been a bad week for firms, with all too many businesses being dragged before the magistrate to settle matters with the Health and Safety Executive after employees suffering personal injury at work.
Police forces injure, are injured in turn
It seems like it just doesn’t pay to be a copper today, considering how if you’re not causing road traffic accidents, you’re ending up costing your local authority thousands in personal injury compensation awards for work accident claims.