Man Dies Following Sewage Plant Accident
A man has died after he suffered severe burns following an industrial accident at a sewage treatment works. The incident which occurred in Yorkshire highlights the dangers of working in such an environment, with industrial accidents in areas such as waste management and other types of work increasing according to provisional figures from the Health and Safety […]
Workplace accident victims now face an uphill struggle
Workers who have sustained an injury as a result of an accident at work will find it much harder to bring a successful compensation claim after Section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act came into force on the 1st October 2013. Government’s justification The Government describes the purpose of the Act, which received Royal Assent in April […]
Firm prosecuted after workers set alight
A global packaging firm has been fined £90,000 after two workers suffered life-threatening injuries when they were engulfed by a fireball at a factory in Cumbria. The two workers were about to clean debris from a damaged fuse box when a ball of fire shot out, setting their clothes alight. The HSE investigation found that […]
