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Firms prosecuted over fall death

Two firms have been prosecuted after an accident on a building site resulted in the death of a construction worker. Preston Crown Court heard that Peter Walton, from Anchorsholme, near Blackpool...

Coroner urges ORR to ensure workers' safety

A coroner has said she will make a personal recommendation to a safety watchdog after hearing how a rail worker suffered fatal injuries while fixing overhead power lines. Malcolm Slater, 64, from H...

Firm fined after worker skins hand

A chicken processing company has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,500 after an employee had skin torn from the back of his hand in an accident at work . accident at wo...

Trust fined after worker contracts hep C

An NHS trust has been fined £12,500 after it emerged that a worker injured herself on a needle and contracted hepatitis C. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust admitted breaching health a...

Infected denied higher payouts

Hundreds of people who contracted HIV and hepatitis through contaminated blood transfusions will not receive higher compensation payments to match those in the Irish republic, the Government has anno...

Hospital to blame for baby's death

Calderdale Royal Hospital management have admitted they are to blame for the death of a two-year-old boy last year. The boy's parents told staff their son may have a serious genetic condition but n...

Firm lands fine for fall hazard

A pizza manufacturing firm has been fined £15,000 after ignoring a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) instruction to fix a dangerous first-floor doorway. The HSE visited Capri Foods Ltd, based...

Farmer fined after worker loses leg

A farmer from North Yorkshire has been fined £10,000 following an accident at work which saw an employee lose a leg. Peter Turnbull, a partner in family-run farming firm GR Turnbull & S...

Homebase faces action over stair fall death

A high street home furnishing store is facing legal action after an 83-year-old women died after a fall at a store in Surrey. DIY giant Homebase has been accused by Andrew Widgery, son of Margaret,...

Worker fell to his death in barn

A caravan park operator has been fined after a workman fell to his death in a hay barn near Doncaster. Clifford Hartley, 59, from Skegness, was reroofing a barn at Westfield Farm, in Nutwell Lane, ...


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