Comments on: Leg Injury Compensation Claims

By: Scottish Sawmilling Firm Fined after Worker Injures Leg | First4lawyers

Scottish Sawmilling Firm Fined after Worker Injures Leg | First4lawyers — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:29:19 +0000

[...] Windymains Timber Limited, a sawmilling company based in East Lothian, Scotland, has been fined £20,000 at Haddington Sheriff Court, after admitting a breach of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The sawmilling firm would have received a fine of £30,000 but for an early guilty plea. Windymains Timber Limited was fined after one of its employees suffered serious leg injuries in an accident at work. [...]

By: Judge Swears at Judge after Dog Bite Conviction | First4lawyers

Judge Swears at Judge after Dog Bite Conviction | First4lawyers — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:27:48 +0000

[...] in his parents' garden. After terrifying the man, the dog proceeded to bite Mr Becker on the leg, tearing a hole in his trousers and injuring the soft tissue beneath. Mr Becker was taken to [...]

By: Newsprint Companies Fined After Worker Loses Leg in Machinery | First4lawyers

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:28:26 +0000

[...] continued to operate, Mr Emery's left leg was pulled further into the machine. The worker's leg injuries were so serious that his leg had to be amputated by [...]

By: Portable Toilet Hire Firm Fined After Worker Struck by Fork-Lift Truck | First4lawyers

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:44:11 +0000

[...] Morris escaped fatal or catastrophic injury; however, he did suffer several fractures to his right foot that required extensive and lengthy hospital [...]

By: Manufacturing Firm Fined After Worker Pulled into Metal-Shaping Machine | First4lawyers

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:52:43 +0000

[...] claims arising from accidents in the workplace can deal with relatively minor injuries such as twisted ankles through to fatal or catastrophic injuries including brain or spinal damage. In the majority of [...]

By: Accident at Heathrow Airport Results in Worker’s Leg Amputation | First4lawyers

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:41:18 +0000

[...] The prosecution of American Airlines follows an incident involving one of its workers at Heathrow Airport on the 11th November 2008. 45-year-old ground support worker, Kulwant Bhara, who is from Slough, had been carrying out his normal duties when a 70-tonne pushback tug (large vehicles used to move aircraft on and off the runway) knocked him over. The pushback tug had just manoeuvred an aeroplane into its correct position when it began to reverse off the stand; unfortunately, the pushback tug moved directly towards Mr Bhara but failed to produce any warning lights, signs or noises. As Mr Bhara prepared an aircraft for take-off at Terminal 3, the pushback tug ran over his right leg causing severe leg injuries. [...]