Work Accidents Articles

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• Retro Accident at Work Video: Typewriter Bites Girl! - May 17, 2013
• Potential Leg Amputation After An Accident At Work - May 13, 2013
• Hornless Cattle: Introducing the ‘Health & Safety’ Cow - May 8, 2013
• Worst Industrial Accidents in the Last Decade - April 26, 2013
• Famous Work Accidents On Film-Sets - April 24, 2013
• Tragic Farm Accident Caused Death of Worker - March 25, 2013
• 10 Freak Accidents At Work - March 20, 2013
• Will I Lose My Job If I Make A Work Accident Claim? - March 15, 2013
• Australian Zoo Keeper Crushed By Elephant - January 4, 2013
• What To Do If You Have An Accident At Work - November 15, 2012
• Work Accident Compensation Claims Online UK - November 13, 2012
• Can I Make A Work Accident Claim Against My Current Employer? - September 26, 2012
• Big Bang Theory Star Injured In LA Crash - September 10, 2012
• 14 Killed In Chinese Coal Mine Explosion - September 3, 2012
• Construction firm fined £8,000 following worker’s fall - July 29, 2011
• Woman awarded £30,000 after losing fingers in accident - July 29, 2011
• Firm fined after worker falls through school skylight - July 25, 2011
• HSE could charge negligent firms £133 an hour - July 25, 2011
• Firm fined after worker impaled - July 25, 2011
• Farm worker fined after crushing neighbour - July 22, 2011
• Firm fined after worker’s arm torn off - July 20, 2011
• Firm fined £90,000 after fireball burns worker - July 19, 2011
• Inquiry into Aer Arran aircraft crash - July 18, 2011
• Firm fined after worker hit by truck - July 18, 2011
• Sharon Stone ordered to pay accident compensation - July 15, 2011
• School caretaker awarded £6,500 after fall - July 14, 2011
• Third company fined over death of construction worker - July 13, 2011
• Nurse sues hospital for £200,000 after slip - July 11, 2011
• Contractor fined after three workers fall - July 11, 2011
• Uncle’s firm fined after nephew hit by ceiling - July 7, 2011
• Demolition firm prosecuted after worker struck by steel girder - July 7, 2011
• Cook slips into scalding hot curry pot - July 7, 2011
• Health and safety events organised for Isle of Wight construction workers - July 6, 2011
• Policeman injured by drunken man - July 6, 2011
• Chemical firm fined after worker loses finger - July 5, 2011
• Firm admits breaking health and safety regulations - July 5, 2011
• Employer fined after fish farm workers’ death - July 5, 2011
• Teenager’s hand severed by saw at timber frame plant - July 4, 2011
• Contactor fined after seven metre scissor lift fall - July 4, 2011
• Increase in amount of work-related deaths - July 1, 2011
• London 2012 crane operator dies - July 1, 2011
• Marine company fined for breaching safety regulations - June 28, 2011
• Firms fined £110,000 over metal piping accident - June 27, 2011
• Stable hand launches compensation claim - June 23, 2011
• Bin man wins £8,000 for hearing-loss - June 22, 2011
• Man awarded £20,000 for groin injury - June 21, 2011
• Gas firm slapped with huge fine after worker death - June 21, 2011
• Demolition firm carried out work before electricity shut down - June 20, 2011
• Staff dive for cover as hoarding crashes office meeting - June 20, 2011
• Firms fined for severed digits - June 17, 2011
• Truck from fined £9,900 following worker’s fall - June 17, 2011
• Shop fitting firm fined after worker severs finger - June 15, 2011
• Delivery driver killed whilst on the job - June 13, 2011
• Firm fined after glass topples on employees - June 13, 2011
• Foreman fined after death of sewerage worker - June 10, 2011
• Textile firm fined £60,000 for worker’s death - June 9, 2011
• M25 worker death ‘avoidable’ - June 7, 2011
• Man loses two fingers in a potato processing machine - June 7, 2011
• Firms fined £450,000 after worker death - June 6, 2011
• Pembrokeshire blast claims four lives - June 3, 2011
• Ex-soldier loses arm - June 2, 2011
• £130,000 fine for negligent employers - June 1, 2011
• Heinz worker loses finger - May 31, 2011
• Worker suffers serious arm injuries - May 27, 2011
• Contractor fined £100,000 after worker fatally crushed - May 25, 2011
• Man loses three fingers in baking case machine - May 23, 2011
• Triple prosecution for concrete bucket death - May 20, 2011
• Firm fined £120,000 after worker was electrocuted - May 19, 2011
• Clutch firm fined for sending employee on the roof - May 19, 2011
• Construction roadshow tackles health and safety issues - May 18, 2011
• Saving lives on agenda at Highlands day event - May 18, 2011
• Chip shop worker sues for £1 million - May 17, 2011
• Firm fined after engineer loses arm - May 17, 2011
• Firm fined after stone slabs fall on worker - May 17, 2011
• £100,000 fine for firm after death - May 16, 2011
• Prison for fradulent compensation claims - May 12, 2011
• Man’s fingers severed while making children’s playground equipment - May 11, 2011
• Metal firm fined after worker’s jaw shattered - May 11, 2011
• HSE moves to online accident reporting - May 10, 2011
• Air stewardess awarded botched surgery compensation - May 10, 2011
• Engineering firm fined after forklift accident - May 9, 2011
• Company pays out £200,000 after worker is left paralysed - May 6, 2011
• Father and daughter fined after worker’s fall - May 5, 2011
• Land Rover prosecuted for “oversight” - May 5, 2011
• Injuries at work sustained by Bristol hospitals staff - May 4, 2011
• Company fined after forklift death - May 4, 2011
• Income protection not a priority for Scots - May 4, 2011
• Nurse sues hospital over asbestos exposure - May 3, 2011
• Scaffold firm fined after worker’s fatal fall - May 3, 2011
• Firms fined after employee falls down light shaft - May 3, 2011
• Work accidents could rise if government makes cuts - May 3, 2011
• Concrete block crushes man at Old Trafford - April 27, 2011
• Pet food company fined for scalding accident - April 21, 2011
• HSE to prosecute over crane collapse - April 21, 2011
• Hampshire roofing firm fined £10,000 - April 20, 2011
• UCATT wins over £7m in compensation - April 20, 2011
• Paint stripper fined after employee suffers horrific burns - April 19, 2011
• Hydraulic firm fined £40,000 after worker crushed to death - April 19, 2011
• Teenager loses hand after work accident - April 19, 2011
• Grain firm fined after worker falls - April 18, 2011