Work Accident Compensation Claim
A courier company in the South of England has been fined after an employee broke a leg at its distribution centre.
The company was fined a total of £35,000, after the worker suffered the injury as he neared the end of his shift in early 2008. The employee, a porter at the courier company, was unloading a Heavy Goods Vehicle, ready to sort the parcels in order for them to be prepared for local delivery in the company’s smaller vehicles.
However, on this occasion, while he was still in …

Three British oil firms have been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds, after a worker was paralysed following an accident while on duty.
The companies, fined a combined total of £283,332, were criticised in court for contradicting Regulation 8(1)(c) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and failing to ensure that all lifting operations were carried out in a safe environment.
The accident happened when the employee in question was removing part of a container that turns crude oil into numerous chemical components, when he was struck …

According to statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), exposure to asbestos causes more than 4,000 deaths in Great Britain die each year. The main cause of death is from mesothelioma and lung cancer caused as a direct result of exposure to asbestos. The HSE predicts the number of people dying as a result of asbestos exposure will continue to rise over the next ten years.
There are four main diseases caused by asbestos:
• mesothelioma (which is always fatal)
• lung cancer (almost always fatal)
• asbestosis (not always fatal, but it …

A promising young student has been killed after being involved in an accident while cycling in London.
Dorothy Elder, 23, was hit by a double decker bus while cycling near Holborn in Central London. The accident left her needing a series of operations, but the tragic student lost her 11-day battle for life.
After the accident she was taken to the Royal London Hospital, and was later taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting.
The accident, which happened at the junction of Southampton Row and Theobald’s Road, means that Ms Elder is the …

The parents of a three-year-old child who was attacked by his playmate can claim compensation from the government, a court has ruled.
Jay Jones suffered head injuries and needed stitches after another toddler struck him 11 times on the head with a car jack while the pair were left unattended in a locked car. The incident, which happened in 2007, was only halted when the parents of Jones’ attacker’s parents heard his screams and returned to the vehicle.
The toddler’s mother, Renai Williams, 29, said:
I thought Jay was dead when I …