Here’s one that’s going to make you question your sanity: the Ministry of Defence just paid out £709,000 in personal injury compensation for a case of bullying.
Tag Archives: work accident claim
Think 15 injury claims are bad? Try 160 of them!
There are personal injury claims nightmares like having to deal with 15 claims, and then there are even worse nightmares – like 160 claims or more.
Injury claims: worth an arm and a leg or fall on deaf ears
The scope of personal injury claims in the UK is so large that while some people end up literally paying and arm and a leg. others injuries fall on deaf ears.
Fraudsters versus the injured in compensation culture row
The whole row over the so-called ‘compensation culture’ is hotting up once again, and this time the injured are facing off against fraudsters in a major way.
Fatal workplace injury figures improve, injuries continue
The Health and Safety Executive might have said that the number of fatal instances of personal injury at work may be on the decline, but injuries still happen.
Working with your hands is dangerous nowadays
No one ever said that it would be busy earning a living with your hands, but it’s downright dangerous to your health as well!
Work accidents could spell financial disaster for two firms
Everyone knows that personal injury at work can lead to serious repercussions, and not just Health and Safety fines – work accident claims can be killer!
Police under fire for falling prey to compensation culture
It’s a bad week to be a copper, as police have been under fire for engaging in what some critics have called spurious personal injury compensation claims.
Lift with your legs,not with your back – or suffer for it
It’s an old adage, but it’s especially apt considering the news stories this week: if you’re lifting and carrying anything, be careful to avoid any injuries.
Falls from height can ruin the day of any business
For some reason it seems like the news has just been positively thick with stories about objects and even people falling from height and causing trouble lately.
Good luck not getting injured on the job in the UK
Whether you’re on the job at a worksite or you’re just going about your duties in a factory setting, it seems as if you’re almost guaranteed to hurt yourself!
Poorly guarded machinery leads to serious hand injury
It was revealed this week that a serious personal injury at work involving a piece of machinery that was poorly guarded has resulted in fines for one employer.
Major incident at work leads to fine for Kent firm
A serious hand injury suffered on the job by one employee has led to his Kent-based employer to face serious fines from the Health and Safety Executive.
Bad burns for one Essex man at Chelmsford engineering plant
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.
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.
Injured police officers claim thousands in damages
Being a law enforcement official can be a dangerous job sometimes: injured police officers from Lancashire have claimed thousands in damages after making work accident claims.
Employee to make work accident claim after factory incident
One factory worker will be making a work accident claim after a machine he was working trapped and burnt both of his arms – an incident that has led to his employer being fined by the Health and Safety Executive.
Demolition worker caught in gas pipe explosion at work
Work accident claim experts say that one thirty seven year old demolition worker was caught in a gas pipe explosion on the job, with his forearms and face suffering serious burn damage as he cut through a gas pipe he had been told had been inactive with an angle grinder.
Stonemason asking for £200k after work accident
One stonemason is looking for in excess of £200,000 in personal injury compensation after he was severely injured in an accident at work, it was recently reported.
Work accident leaves joiner paralysed, parish council fined
An accident at work has left one joiner paralysed and the parish council he had been working for with both a serious fine and the responsibility to pay the injured man personal injury compensation, it was recently reported.