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Wrong breast milk given to baby

A HIV test needed to be carried out on a premature baby girl after a hospital twice gave her breast milk that wasn't intended for her. Zene Yates was mistakenly given a strangers' breast milk throu...

Firm fined over electrician's death

A Dutch fumigation firm has been fined £60,000 after an electrician fell off a ladder and died. Robert Schmelter was installing two fumigation chambers at Anchorage Storage Ltd's premises in ...

Packing firm fined £50,000 over death

A packaging manufacturer has been fined £50,000 after a father-of-three suffered fatal head injuries while working on a machine. Clive Hall, 50, from Denton in Tameside, was carrying out main...

Triple leg break leads to £20,000 fine

An East Lothian sawmilling firm has been fined £20,000 after an employee's leg became trapped in machinery and broke in three places. Polish worker Grzegorz Krzaczek was processing wooden log...

Firm fined over crushed worker

A retail display firm has been fined £80,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a stack of falling glass. Vitalijus Orlovas, originally from Lithuania, was unloading sheets of glass at Ar...

Firm fined over crane fall injury

A timber merchant has been fined £5,000 over a subcontractor's spinal injury which he suffered when he fell from a crane ladder after suffering an electric shock. Mechanical fitter David Mi...

Firm fined over skin conditions

A Swindon-based pharmaceutical firm has been fined £50,000 after a number of workers developed skin conditions after being exposed to a potent substance. Catalent UK Swindon Zydis Ltd (tradin...

Contractor's accident 'preventable'

A number of measures could have prevented the serious injury of a roofing contractor, who broke his back while working on an extension in south-west London, the Old Bailey heard. The contractor was...

As recommended by...Steps, charity for lower limb and hip conditions

We are recommended solicitors for Steps, a UK charity that supports both children and adults who are affected by a lower limb condition such as club foot or a hip condition. We are one of only tw...

Power firm fined over cable death

Electricity provider Scottish Power UK has been fined £130,000 after a 20-year-old man was killed warning motorists about a live electricity cable that had become dangerous. Simon Lines, from...


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