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Personal Injury
Workers are particularly susceptible to burns from their working environment. People working in the construction, manufacturing, and catering industries are commonly burnt whilst carrying out their work roles. Burn injuries are serious as they can cause p...
Author: Harry Marldon
Workplace Burns – Why Workers are particularly Susceptible to these Injuries
10th February 2012Workers are particularly susceptible to burns from their working environment. People working in the construction, manufacturing, and catering industries are commonly burnt whilst carrying out their work roles. Burn injuries are serious as they can cause p...
Author: Harry Marldon
Legal
Copyright (c) 2011 Julie Glynn Before you decide to make a work accident claim, you need to know exactly how the process works, allowing you to understand what is happening at each stage. Although every case will differ, there are 7 main steps to f...
Author: Julie Glynn
7 Steps To Making A Work Accident Claim
10th January 2012Copyright (c) 2011 Julie Glynn Before you decide to make a work accident claim, you need to know exactly how the process works, allowing you to understand what is happening at each stage. Although every case will differ, there are 7 main steps to f...
Author: Julie Glynn
Business Law
The Health and Safety Executive in the United Kingdom recently recorded over 200 people every year are killed whilst executing their working duties. More than 2 million suffer illness, injury or disease which is a cause or aggravated by their working cond...
Author: BeckyJennings
Do employers need to teach staff about health and safety?
19th October 2011The Health and Safety Executive in the United Kingdom recently recorded over 200 people every year are killed whilst executing their working duties. More than 2 million suffer illness, injury or disease which is a cause or aggravated by their working cond...
Author: BeckyJennings
Legal
Through being a no win, no fee accident at work legal firm, we come across many injured claimants who have hurt themselves on a badly managed construction site. A large proportion of construction accidents occur due to people falling from scaffolding or l...
Author: StephLawson
Scaffolding and ladder safety on a construction site.
17th October 2011Through being a no win, no fee accident at work legal firm, we come across many injured claimants who have hurt themselves on a badly managed construction site. A large proportion of construction accidents occur due to people falling from scaffolding or l...
Author: StephLawson
Legal
A recent report revealed work accidents in Scotland in 2010 cost £187 million, despite the fact the Health and Safety Executive has strict regulations in place to prevent such events from happening. This worrying statistic shows that employers are repeate...
Author: Richard Godden
Workplace Accidents
12th October 2011A recent report revealed work accidents in Scotland in 2010 cost £187 million, despite the fact the Health and Safety Executive has strict regulations in place to prevent such events from happening. This worrying statistic shows that employers are repeate...
Author: Richard Godden
Business Law
In previous generations, the emphasis on workers' rights and the responsibility of employers to protect them from harm was nowhere near as strong as it is now. However, over the years, the approach to such matters has evolved and these days it is unaccept...
Author: Tom Jui
Safety failings result in death of worker
22nd August 2011In previous generations, the emphasis on workers' rights and the responsibility of employers to protect them from harm was nowhere near as strong as it is now. However, over the years, the approach to such matters has evolved and these days it is unaccept...
Author: Tom Jui
Personal Injury
Recent statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that industrial injuries consistently account for the highest number of workplace injuries of any occupation. Industrial injuries are workplace injuries that take place within an ‘indus...
Author: Jessica Parker
Preventing Industrial Injuries
28th June 2011Recent statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that industrial injuries consistently account for the highest number of workplace injuries of any occupation. Industrial injuries are workplace injuries that take place within an ‘indus...
Author: Jessica Parker
No Win No Fee
One of the primary varieties of claim is the accident in the work place scenario where an injury has been caused by the acts of a negligent employer or an employee that works at the firm. There are down sides associated with claiming against your boss tho...
Author: anton
The two main types of injury claims that are linked to injurys in the place of employment
16th June 2011One of the primary varieties of claim is the accident in the work place scenario where an injury has been caused by the acts of a negligent employer or an employee that works at the firm. There are down sides associated with claiming against your boss tho...
Author: anton
Employment Law
Although there are strict health and safety guidelines laid down by the government relating to fire safety there are still many small to medium sized businesses that may be unaware about the fundamental obligations they have to protect staff in this area....
Author: Dirk Rowell
Fire health and safety
03rd November 2010Although there are strict health and safety guidelines laid down by the government relating to fire safety there are still many small to medium sized businesses that may be unaware about the fundamental obligations they have to protect staff in this area....
Author: Dirk Rowell
Accident claims
Like any other working environment, those in the construction industry may experience work accidents from time to time. If the employee’s injury can be directly attributed to the mistakes of the employer, these accidents can lead to successful constructio...
Author: Jessica Parker
Top 4 Construction Accident Statistics
28th September 2010Like any other working environment, those in the construction industry may experience work accidents from time to time. If the employee’s injury can be directly attributed to the mistakes of the employer, these accidents can lead to successful constructio...
Author: Jessica Parker
Personal Injury
One of the UK’s largest food manufacturers has been fined £14,000 after one of its workers had his skull crushed by a metal pillar in one of their bakeries. In July 2008, Thomas Williams, 61, had been working with a colleague to remove cages and pillar...
Author: hitsearch
Food Manufacturer Fined After Employee’s Skull Crushed by Metal Pillar
15th September 2010One of the UK’s largest food manufacturers has been fined £14,000 after one of its workers had his skull crushed by a metal pillar in one of their bakeries. In July 2008, Thomas Williams, 61, had been working with a colleague to remove cages and pillar...
Author: hitsearch
Employment Law
Accidents at work happen every day in the UK, and the latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive for 2008/9 show just how many and what type of work accidents have been reported by British workers in the last year. Here are the top 7 facts abo...
Author: Jessica Parker
Accidents at work: Top 7 Facts about UK Work Accident Statistics
10th December 2009Accidents at work happen every day in the UK, and the latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive for 2008/9 show just how many and what type of work accidents have been reported by British workers in the last year. Here are the top 7 facts abo...
Author: Jessica Parker
Accident claims
To get accident compensation claims accepted in the UK, you should contact your lawyer immediately after the accident. The kinds of accidents you might get involved in include road traffic accidents, hit and run accidents, accidents at work, accidents cau...
Author: SANDEEP PANGHAL
To get Accident Compensation Claims accepted in the UK,
24th November 2009To get accident compensation claims accepted in the UK, you should contact your lawyer immediately after the accident. The kinds of accidents you might get involved in include road traffic accidents, hit and run accidents, accidents at work, accidents cau...
Author: SANDEEP PANGHAL
Employment Law
Employers and self-employed people, as well as people in control of premises, must legally report certain types of accident to the Incident Contact Centre of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). All of the kinds of injuries listed below need to be r...
Author: Jessica Parker
Work Accidents: When do you need to report an accident at work?
21st June 2009Employers and self-employed people, as well as people in control of premises, must legally report certain types of accident to the Incident Contact Centre of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). All of the kinds of injuries listed below need to be r...
Author: Jessica Parker
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