Total UK Ltd has been fined £1.4 million and has been ordered to pay costs of £34,084.05 by Hull Crown Court. The case resulted from the death of an employee in a major fire in the Lindsay Oil Refinery in North...
A recent study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has shown that turning out or dimming street lights at night does not necessarily lead to an increase in crime or road accidents. The study was undertaken in the...
A six year old girl had to be airlifted to hospital in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire, earlier this month after she was reportedly bitten in the face several times by a dog. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman told AOL online: "Crews arrived...
A loft conversion firm in Darwen, Lancashire, has been prosecuted after an employee died following a fall from a partially completed conversion project in 2012. Graham Redfearn was working on a large loft conversion in Chorlton, Manchester, for Newhey Loft Conversions Ltd...
Three people have been killed and a fourth remains missing after an explosion left a Cheshire wood mill burning for several days. The incident occurred on the morning of Friday 17th July, with Cheshire Fire & Rescue services receiving a report...
A three year old girl has been injured in her pushchair during a festival. The incident occurred following a collision between the stationary pushchair and a council operated park ranger’s vehicle. Vehicle collides with pushchair In an investigation led by the Health and...
A woman has lost a finger in an incident involving unguarded machinery at an adhesive tape manufacturing plant in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. The woman was cleaning the machine when the cloth she was holding became tangled in the machine's moving parts,...
A worker has suffered life changing injuries following a 10m fall through a fragile roof. The man was instructed to carry out the roof repair work despite having expressed concern at the unsafe conditions. Life changing injuries In an investigation led by the...
Accident at work – a man has suffered catastrophic injuries at work following an incident with a tyre-shredding machine. Whilst feeding tyres into the unguarded shredding machinery, the worker’s sleeve was gripped by the machine’s teeth. The man was unable to...
An employee of a brick manufacturing company has suffered the partial loss of two toes in an incident involving machinery used to break up clay. The events occurred at the brick manufacturer’s headquarters in Blockley, Gloucestershire. Accident at work – safe guards...
