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A 13-year-old boy who suffered a severe brain injury as a result of medical errors following his birth has been awarded compensation amounting to several millions of pounds, reports the BBC. Ben Harman was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 2002. After his birth he apparently displayed symptoms associated with low blood sugar, but […]
A manufacturing firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his hand was caught on the moving parts of a lathe at an Ayrshire factory. Gordon Campbell suffered cuts and tendon damage to his right hand in the incident in Irvine and required surgery to repair the damage. He […]
There is a dramatic difference in the progress made in cutting death and injury on the roads across the UK over the past five years. While the general trend has been downwards this has masked big national and regional variations, the RAC Foundation has claimed. Compared with the 2005-9 average (the Government’s baseline for monitoring […]
A Scottish golfer who was hit on the head by another player’s golf ball has been awarded £10,000 in damages, reports the Scotsman. John Ure was playing a round of golf on Bellshill Golf Course in Lanarkshire. He was on the tenth fairway when the incident took place. Stewart Muir was with another group of […]
Recent analysis by the RAC Foundation has revealed that in 2013, as many as 234 teenage car passengers were killed or seriously injured when the young driver (17-19) they were travelling with was involved in a crash. This is more than four each week. When casualties of all severities are included, the annual figure apparently […]
A leading Scottish food manufacturer has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his hand was caught between a conveyor belt and roller. Kayode Ezekiel Ogundele was working on a newly-installed line as a general operative carrying out a range of tasks, including removing the cases of product, when his […]
Car manufacturers are building high-tech distractions into their new vehicles and have made interiors so comfortable that they are at risk of being turned into living rooms, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has warned. According to the IAM, efforts to reduce distraction factors for motorists are being undone by the relentless pace of technology […]
A new study has revealed the incidence of skin cancer amongst those working outdoors in industries as diverse as construction, agriculture and leisure and entertainment. The study, which was commissioned by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and conducted by researchers at Imperial College London, estimates that malignant melanoma kills nearly 50 people […]
The Irish Injuries Board has published its Annual Review for 2014, which shows that the volume of personal injury claims submitted to the Board during the year have stabilised. In 2014, the Board received 31,576 new claims, a marginal 1% increase on 2013 claim volumes (31,311) and a slowing down of the 6% increase recorded […]
A family that suffered the double tragedy of both children developing cerebral palsy as a result of clinical negligence at birth has been awarded compensation amounting to many millions of pounds, reports the BBC. The latest award of £7 million was made to Natasha Jackson, who is now 23. In 2010, her younger brother Patrick […]
A manufacturing firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his arm was caught between a conveyor belt and roller in a Glasgow factory. Gordon Blackwood suffered a compound fracture to his wrist and tendon damage to two fingers in the incident in Springburn in August 2012. He had […]
The Scottish Government has recently published its Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill, which it says will strengthen the Fatal Accident Inquiry Process in Scotland by setting out practical measures for a system which is effective, efficient and fair. The proposals implement the remaining recommendations of Lord Cullen’s 2009 Review of […]
A waste management company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was killed when he was struck by a vehicle at a Watford waste transfer station. Patrick Murphy had worked as a groundsman at the site since 2004 and was struck and run over by a JCB loading shovel as he was clearing […]
A Lanarkshire woman who took her battle to claim compensation for her son’s birth-related injuries all the way to the Supreme Court has finally been awarded damages amounting to £5.25 million, reports the BBC. Nadine Montgomery, who has diabetes, gave birth to her son Sam in October 1999 at Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire. Women with […]
A motorcyclist has been awarded compensation amounting to around £10 million for serious brain injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident, reports the Mirror. Marcel Beasley received the injuries in 2009, when he was aged 25. He was on his motorbike and overtaking a line of slow moving traffic when a car suddenly pulled […]
An Arbroath quarry operator has been fined for serious safety failings after a dumper truck driver died when his vehicle reversed over a stop block to the quarry floor below. Forfar Sheriff Court heard that Joseph Troup had loaded material from the extraction face onto his 35-tonne articulated dump truck and transported it to an […]
The UK Government’s Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism (SARAH) Bill has recently received Royal Assent and has now become law. The legislation, which only applies in England and Wales, gives legal reassurance to volunteers, community groups and ‘good deed doers’ that courts will take account of the fact they have been acting to help society […]
Road safety organisation the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has expressed disappointment at the rise in numbers of people killed and seriously injured on UK roads revealed in Department of Transport figures. The charity blames many years of Government cutbacks and the resulting drop in visible policing for this increase in figures. “It is disappointing […]
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has once again called on the House of Lords to scrap Clause 1 of the Government’s Deregulation Bill. As it stands, the clause will amend health and safety law to exempt certain self-employed workers from the general health and safety duty for themselves and non-employees, except if […]
The owner of a care home in Leicester has appeared in court after a vulnerable 85-year-old resident died from serious burns. Walter Powley was admitted to the home for emergency care in May 2012 after an occupational therapist advised his family he could no longer be safely left alone at home due to his risk […]