A worker has sustained severe injuries to his left hand following an accident at work. The unnamed man was attempting to remove a blockage in a sugar dispensing machine when the valve clamped shut, fracturing and lacerating his finger. Dangerous machinery –...
Oak View Tree Specialists Limited has been fined after a 19 year old employee suffered potentially life-changing injuries due to lack of training. Broken back – dumper truck over turned In an investigation led by the Health and Safety Executive, Basildon Magistrates’...
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council has been fined following an incident in which a two year old boy suffered severe injuries to his left hand whilst visiting Springfield park in Heywood, near Rochdale. Fingertips severed in park gate hinge An investigation led by the...
Liverpool dog attacks – statistics released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that Primary Care Trusts in the Liverpool area have dealt with consistently high and increasing rates of dog attacks. One in six dog attacks takes place...
A carpenter has suffered serious injuries to his hand following safety failings that led to an incident with a rotary saw. Finger amputated – what happened? Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that George Warren Heath, aged 19 at the time of the...
A lifting firm has been in court after a two tonne beam fell onto an employee causing severe injuries. What happened? Two employees of Pelloby Engineering Limited were working in the firm’s ‘finishing shop’, moving a seven metre long, two tonne beam...
A Halifax-based gas servicing company has been prosecuted after there was an explosion in the boiler room of a local primary school. What happened? The explosion happened during a teacher training day, before children returned to Greetland Academy after the summer holidays, and...
An animal feed supplement manufacturing firm has landed in court after an elderly worker lost his arm when handling machinery. What happened? 71-year-old Frederick Sharp had been adjusting a belt on a production line conveyor that was feeding a bagging point. He removed...
Timeline: 2nd June 2015, 02:09PM Two rollercoaster cars have collided mid-ride at Alton Towers. The incident occurred when a car carrying 16 people struck an unoccupied car at speed. Fire crews built a 25ft platform to allow emergency services to gain access...
An unnamed male politician is at the centre of a police investigation following allegations of child abuse. A judge and a Lord may also be connected to the crimes, and several members of the Staffordshire Police Force stand accused of facilitating...
