. A woman from Sheffield has been awarded £30, 000 in compensation after being injured at work.
The claimant, slipped on a pallet while working for...
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. A pub landlady wants to be awarded almost £1 million in compensation after an accident at work that caused her multiple injuries.
The claimant, 57,...
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. A cashier for Ladbrokes will be fighting a decision to be awarded £9,000 in compensation from her employer after an armed raid in Coventry.
While...
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. Figures obtained by Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP) show that Leads City Council has been forced to pay out more than £1.2m to staff who have...
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. It is estimated that 603,000 workers have had an accident at work and 200,000 of these injuries led to over three days' absence from work...
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. Chantelle called Accidents Direct when negotiations with her employer had failed and she had sadly been involuntarily retired. She was no longer able to fulfil...
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. A local builder was going about his every day work on a sunny morning when he sustained his injury. A roofer by trade, he is...
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. Here at Accidents Direct we work in partnership with some of the largest and most experienced personal injury law firms in the UK and have...
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. New statistics have recently been released which demonstrate just how severe the number of work-related injuries really is in Great Britain. The Reporting of Injuries,...
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. A man was recently awarded an undisclosed sum in compensation after an accident claim which he filed following an accident which took place at work....
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. A man has been compensated with thousands of pounds after he sustained personal injuries to his hand as a result of a work accident.
The...
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. Strenuous job roles can have serious effects on the physical frame.
As a result, a number of compensation claims have been awarded to employees...
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. A car manufacturer employee who was forced to give up his career, has received a six figure sum in compensation, after help from his union...
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. A construction worker who was left buried alive in cement for several minutes in a work accident, has made a successful claim for compensation, after...
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. It has been revealed that a sea defence contract worker died after getting trapped beneath a bulldozer.
The tragedy occurred on St Nicholas road, Portslade,...
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. A man has won his claim for compensation, after he was left with permanent damage to his back following a work accident.
The injured...
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. A paper mill worker has lost his arm in an accident at work, after he got it caught in a piece of machinery.
The horror...
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. Accidents have become a norm in every day-to-day life and can occur at any place and at any time.
Usually a workplace is one...
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. The HSE has reminded employees that Safety measures in the workplace are vital and are legally binding for a workplace to have safety measures initiated....
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. A person may have an accident at a workplace. But for it to be classified as a work accident, it needs to meet certain criteria,...
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. A food manufacturing factory has gone under investigation after a number of work accidents took place in site.
A HSE inspector received reports of...
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. A school teacher has been awarded with £55,000 in a work accident claim after she slipped on a chip outside the canteen.
The teacher had...
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. It has been revealed that the Health and Saftey Executive (HSE) has launched its ladder safety scheme for 2009, with the help of Craig Phillips....
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. One of the first studies into the link between learning difficulties and personal injury rates as a result of accidents at work within young people,...
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. Workplaces can provide a means of support and esteem for individuals.
However recent reports have shown that the place of work for some can...
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. With the harvest season rushing in, the Health and Safety Executive has advised all farmers in the south Somerset and Yeovil region to take more...
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. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging bosses to ensure that proper risk assessments and safety procedures are in place, after an employee died...
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. Specialist prosecutors in Scotland are leading the investigation and prosecution of work related accidents according to the solicitor general.
The specialist prosecutors...
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. The latest Health and Safety Executive, (HSE) figures have revealed that farming work accidents and deaths have fallen to the lowest level since records began....
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. A man, who survived a massive personal injury in a work accident, is educating other young labourers about their rights to a safe work environment....
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. With the number of work accident claims being expected to increase during the recession after a survey revealed that firms are cutting back on safety...
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. Accidents in the work place have been given a novel twist with the latest news coming out of some of Britons hundreds of farms.
A...
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. A series of work accidents are to be investigated by the Department of Labour in New Zealand after a man lost four fingers in a...
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. With hundreds of workers being affected by head injury as a result of a serious work accident, the HSE has given a stern warning to...
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. It has been revealed that a Wolverhampton company has been fined £8,000 after a 40-year-old worker smashed onto a concrete floor fracturing his skull, when...
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. In a shocking workplace accident a man was left with three broken vertebrae and a broken pelvis after an air conditioning unit fell on him...
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. A 48 year old bank worker who fractured her ankle and injured her knee after falling down at work has won a work accident claim...
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. Despite Great Britain having one the lowest work accident rates in the EU, work injuries and workplace mishaps are still very common. It is thought...
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. With the rate of work accident claims steadily rising year on year and the amount of compensation paid out for each individual case increasing, safety...
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. According to a study conducted by the U. S Department of Labours Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) released last March, the U.S workforce has seen...
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. The standards of health and safety in most workplaces across the UK remain appalling despite continuous calls on employers to ensure that the risk...
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. Due to the increasing number of work accidents, the Danish government launched an investigation into female night shift workers. The research they found was devastating,...
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. A new study, which was carried out by a group of leading Canadian universities has found that a worrying number of people involved in heavy...
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. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), approximately 8,000 people suffer from forklift injuries through accidents at work every year.
Recently, a warning had...
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. For most of us going to work is about as dangerous as going for a Sunday stroll, the last thing many think is what dangers...
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. Philippines: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SMBA) has asked for the cooperation of labour officials and the management if Hanjin Heavy Industries Co Philippines...
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. A leading company, which deals with the problems of drink and drug related accidents at work has given out a six-point plan, which they hope...
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. The Health and Safety (HSE) has warned of the dangers of using forklift trucks after a man died when a container of dye crushed him...
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. Each year approximately 400,000 employees are injured due to an accident at work.
Recent statistics from the Health and Safety Executive have revealed that hundreds...
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. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has released details of all the statistics and figures that it has from last year for each region regarding...
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