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A steel erector who was working on the Wembley football stadium has been awarded £6,500 in compensation after he suffered permanent damage to his eye.
The need to provide safe working environments for young people has been underlined after a number of serious accidents led to sizeable compensation claims.
A British workmen has died after a roof collapsed on him while he was helping to set up the stage of a Madonna concert in France.
A builder has been jailed for three years for the manslaughter of a 15-year-old labourer - the youngest person to be killed on a construction site. Thousands of people seeking to make an asbestos-related industrial disease claim have been put on hold by the Government. A facilities management firm has been fined £25,000 after one of its workers died when he fell through the roof of a DIY superstore in Wigan. A police force is facing unlimited fines after admitting health and safety breaches over an incident in which a civilian employee was shot during a gun awareness training exercise.
A motorist who lost concentration while driving along the A46 in Nottinghamshire has been jailed for killing a 21-year-old Leicestershire woman. A manufacturing firm has been fined more than £500,000 after two of its employees died while carrying out routine tasks at a factory in Hertfordshire.
A lead production firm has been fined after an industrial worker cracked his ribs when he became trapped in machinery.
A Chinese takeaway in Buckinghamshire has been closed down by health inspectors after six cases of suspected food poisoning.
A building firm has been fined £125,000 and ordered to pay costs of £264,299 for its role in the deaths of two workers killed when a crane collapsed because an employee incorrectly adjusted bolts on its mast.
A nickel company has been prosecuted for putting workers at risk of exposure to asbestos during refurbishment at one of the company`s furnaces in Wales.
The council which runs the block of flats in which a woman died after she became trapped in a lift shaft knew the lift was faulty, according to the late woman's daughter. Workers at a factory in Flint have been left traumatised after a lorry driver died at work.
Nottinghamshire Police have increased road patrols amid growing concerns over the vulnerability of motorbike riders.
A drunken driver has been jailed for three years for killing her fiancé by running him down outside a pub.
The widow of a man who died after contracting salmonella while on holiday in Italy has called on tour operators to do all they can to ensure the safety of their clients.
Two senior Surrey police officers are facing charges that they granted exemptions for traffic offences.
An infant-school caretaker who suffered a hernia while lifting a heavy object at work has been awarded compensation by Wakefield Council.
A Hull farm has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 after an employee fell through a roof and fractured his spine, pelvis and hip.
A warehouse worker has died in Derby after a sheet of glass fell on him at the Build Center site on Ascot Drive.
The scene of a crash in Bristol where a man and a teenager were killed has been showered with floral tributes. A man has been charged with causing the death of a woman who died in hospital after suffering serious injuries, in a car crash in Coventry. After a number of high profile tower-crane deaths this decade, a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) consultation could see the machines regulated.
A motorist involved in an accident which killed a three-year-old boy in Manchester has handed himself in to police.
An investigation is under way after a man collapsed while being charged at a Kent police station. A worker suffered serious back injuries when a one-ton mobile shredding machine fell off a fork lift truck and hit him.
The driver of a coach, which killed a married couple and orphaned their son, and his boss are preparing to be sent to prison after admitting manslaughter over the road crash.
A company has been fined £1,600 after a man suffered serious burns when he was hit by an electrical charge while dumping rubbish in Staffordshire.
The lower structure and foundations of a crane which collapsed onto a Liverpool apartment block in early July are the focus of safety investigations.
A Cardiff-based scaffolding company has been fined £1,800 after a support structure collapsed in Caerphilly.
A national cycling organisation has offered a group of cyclists forced off the road by celebrity chef James Martin its legal support should they wish to take him to court. A six-vehicle pile-up on the M6 closed a busy section of the motorway for five hours on Tuesday.
Three construction companies have been fined a total of £44,000 after a worker was electrocuted and fell off a 2.5m roof while building a poultry shed.
An investigation has been launched after the driver of a car being pursued by police died in a crash with another vehicle.
Exeter-based company ROK Building Ltd has been fined £20,000 over an incident in which a worker fell more than three metres while working on an airbridge at Heathrow Terminal 4.
Olympic cyclist's wife knocked off bike The Health and Safety Executive has said it will prosecute a plant hire company after a crane driver suffered severe injuries when his cabin fell from the structure. A company has been fined £100,000 at the Old Bailey in London after part of a tower crane fell into a hotel, endangering the lives of workers and causing £4.8 million damage and loss of business.
A machine assembly company has been fined £7,500 for breaching health and safety rules over an incident in which a worker was crushed to death by a forklift truck Severe injuries suffered by a 17-year-old Staffordshire apprentice has led to his employer being fined £1,750 with £2,250 costs at Stoke Crown Court.
Plastics firm A. Schulman Ltd has been fined £18,000 over an incident in which an employee lost part of three fingers on a bagging machine.
A company has been fined £266,000 over the death of a cargo handler killed after he was struck by a reversing trailer. Six people have been injured after 10 vehicles were involved in a crash on a main Northamptonshire road. Jordan Robertson, a footballer for Coca Cola Championship team Sheffield United, is set to begin a 32-month jail sentence for dangerous driving in a crash which killed a father of five.
A police investigation has been launched into a death at a Hertfordshire factory. A cleaning products company must pay £17,500 in compensation to a worker who was permanently injured by using a vibrating grinder at work.
A farmer who severely injured a motorcyclist by not raising an attachment on his tractor as the vehicle passed over a road has been fined £4,000.
Sugar manufacturer Tate & Lyle has been fined £270,000 for the death of a contract worker who drowned when the digger he was in was dropped into the Thames.
The school of a girl who lost most of her fingers after putting her hands in a bucket of plaster of Paris during an art lesson has been ordered to pay £19,000. Aquarium bosses are investigating after a 23-year-old employee was bitten by a shark at Deep Sea World near Edinburgh.
Preston vegetable firm Huntapac Produce has been ordered to paid nearly £10,000 after two workers were electrocuted when a metal ladder they were carrying made contact with an overhead power line.
A police officer from Nottinghamshire is being treated in hospital after the marked car he was driving was involved in a crash with another motorist.
An explosives firm has been fined £10,000 after a malfunctioning device severed two and a half fingers off an employee's hand at a site in Muirside.
Production at a coal mining site in Yorkshire has be halted following the death of a worker last week. A former policeman has been jailed for six-and-a-half-years after he killed a grandmother during a 100mph "hair-raising joyride".
A lifeguard from Willenhall, West Midlands has been fined £200 for failing to supervise a university swimming pool where a man drowned.
Police have named a 70-year-old woman killed in hit and run incident on Thursday night.
An oil storage firm has been ordered to pay £145,000 for an explosion and fire at a facility in Kent, which saw a man make a "miraculous" escape from death.
A company has been ordered to pay £48,695 after two teenage employees suffered electric shocks - with one losing a toe as a consequence.
One person has died and another is seriously injured after an ambulance taking a baby to a specialist care unit was in collision with a car.
The former owner of a nightclub where a customer severed an artery on broken tiles and was left needing a six-hour operation has been ordered to pay £27,500 for failing to report the incident.
"Gross negligence" caused the death of two firemen in an explosion at a
fireworks factory, a court has heard.
Crowd surge appears to have resulted in injuries Three schoolchildren were injured when a school bus from Bradon Forest School in Purton, Wiltshire was struck by a tractor grabber. The owner of an unmanned tanning salon where a 14-year-old girl was badly burned has admitted five health and safety related charges.
Deputy leader of the Labour party Harriet Harman will appear in court after being involved in a car crash while she was allegedly using her mobile phone, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
Police will discuss an incident with the Health and Safety Executive in which a man died after being trapped under a tree on the back a lorry in Mid Wales.
A roofing company has been fined for breaching safety regulations. A motorcyclist has died after crashing into an ambulance heading in the opposite direction in Taunton, Somerset.
The Government is to outlaw the use by employers of blacklists to deny jobs to trade union members, according to employment relations minister Lord Young.
An experienced forklift truck driver who contributed to the death of a colleague after allowing him to stand on the forks of his truck using it as a makeshift lift has been fined £1,500 and ordered to pay court costs.
A factory worker nearly blinded by sodium hydroxide at a Bradford chemical plant has received £100,000 compensation in an out-of-court settlement. A chemical fire in Preston that closed sections of the M6 and M55 has resulted in waste management company Veolia ES Cleanaway being fined £150,000 with £90,000 costs.
An accident which resulted in a worker severing one of his fingertips because of a badly maintained dough dividing machine at a food factory in Southall has led to the company responsible being fined £20,000.
A policeman attending an emergency call was injured when his car hit a brick wall causing him to be airlifted to hospital.
The owner of a firework factory where two firemen were killed in an explosion has been convicted of their manslaughter.
A 48-year-old lorry driver arrested on suspicion of careless driving after a crash caused a double-decker bus full of commuters to topple over has been released on bail, Scotland Yard has revealed.
A 39-year-old woman has died in hospital after she was hit by an ambulance responding to a 999 call in a Lincolnshire village.
An accident where a worker died after being crushed by a bus led to a major company being fined £400,000 at Southwark Crown Court.
Rock star Pete Doherty has had another run-in with the law after he was charged with possession of heroin.
Two women have died and five people have been left seriously injured after a coach left an icy road and overturned in Cornwall on one of the coldest nights of the year, police have said.
The employer of a man who sustained serious injuries after falling through a roof onto a concrete floor has been fined £3,500. A 72-year-old woman has been killed after her car collided with a rapid response vehicle, emergency services have confirmed. Four customers at luxury department store Selfridges have been treated for injuries by paramedics after a ceiling panel fell on their heads.
Three companies have been fined after a father of three was left paralysed when a crate of concrete fell on him while he was working at a Shell refinery.
A 42-year-old man has been awarded an undisclosed amount of damages after becoming one of the youngest people to successfully claim he was fired for being too old.
The driver of gritter which overturned while travelling along an icy road at 20mph has been left bruised and shaken, a council has said.
A Gateshead building firm has been ordered to pay £4,500 after an incident in July 2008 in which a worker was seriously injured when a forklift truck he was operating overturned.
A Pontefract man left paralysed from the neck down in a car crash with an uninsured driver has been awarded compensation worth £8.35 million A NHS manager who was bullied by her boss has been awarded £150,000 in compensation.
Four contractors have been prosecuted over exposing people to asbestos.
Defence company BAE has been fined £80,000 over the death of a worker who was killed in an explosion at its Lancashire site.
A police officer has been found negligent after the foot and ankle of a motorcyclist he was pursuing was crushed under the wheel of his squad car.
A construction firm has been fined £80,000 for health and safety breaches which led to the death of one of its employees.
A blast at a pharmaceutical factory which killed a worker was caused by a piece of debris in a chemical filtering machine, a hearing has been told.
A driver who lost control of his car, killing a teenager, had been drinking despite taking medication for kidney failure, a court has heard.
Victims of an asbestos-related condition may not receive the Government compensation they have been expecting, unions leaders have warned.
A workman has died after plunging 150ft from a rail bridge in Scotland, it has been confirmed.
A construction firm in Bolton has been fined £7,500 for failing to ensure the safety of one of its workers who died after falling from a ladder.
A construction company has been fined £20,000 for the overturning of a mobile elevating work platform which led to a worker suffering serious injuries.
Safety warnings have been issued to employers working with silica-based materials after a stonemasons was fined £30,000 when two of its workers developed lung disease.
A recycling company that exposed its workers to toxic mercury fumes at a Huddersfield plant has been fined £140,000.
An electronic database is being planned to ease the tracking down of employers' insurance policy records and help thousands get compensation.
A Northern Ireland-based food manufacturer has been fined £35,000 after a maintenance engineer crushed his arm at one of its Midland factories.
A construction firm has been fined £185,000 after an employee was hit by a reversing truck.
A refuse company has been fined after one of its employees was fatally injured when a 1,100 litre recycling bin fell on his head.
After a number of very serious accidents involving the collapse of tower cranes on building sites, a new law is about to be brought in. A woman who killed an Army officer taking part in a cycle race has been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.
A "highly qualified" ship's mate has been jailed for causing the death of a passenger on a River Thames pleasure boat.
The company responsible for the design and installation of a set of electric gates that crushed a young boy to death has been fined £80,000. The trial of two former Thomas Cook employees who are accused of manslaughter is set to resume in Corfu. An elderly pedestrian has been killed in East Sussex following a crash with a van. A firm has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches after a trench collapsed, trapping a construction worker. Royal Mail has been ordered to pay a £90,000 fine following the death of an employee who was killed by a reversing HGV at the group's Heathrow distribution centre. Levenes Case StudiesDoctor receives more than Half a Milllion Pounds Compensation following motorcycle accident Large settlement for a Polish student badly injured while working on a farm during a study break. Settlement for a farm worker who slipped and fell at work Facial and Neck injuries suffered when operating the door of a crusher Warehouse clerk's settlement for fractured wrist caused when lifting unstable load Settlement for injuries in a building site accident Claimant receives one of the highest known settlements for chronic pain disorder Settlement for damage caused by colleague operating jammed machine Settlement for injuries caused by defective machine at work Forklift accident won't stop fisherman, Nick Claimant accepts compensation for wrist injury caused when he slipped at work Client fell from cycle when van and trailor came too close Speeding minibus causes injury Victim of Dangerous Driving after Road Rage incident Compensation paid for injuries suffered when pedestrian hit by reversing van Settlement agreed for volunteer worker Earnings claimed beyond 'normal' retirement age Accident caused acceleration of degenerative changes Settlement makes retirement more comfortable for client Settlement agreed by Levenes Birmingham team Claim succeeds after several other law firms had turned it down Settlement agreed with insurers after motorbike accident Out of court settlement agreed for lorry driver Keen cyclist and amateur Rugby League player, Rob Gough, is awarded settlement after serious road collision caused back and head injuries. A Polish lorry driver has received a settlement for injuries and financial losses suffered in an accident at work.
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