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Thames Water ordered to pay £361,000 after fatal accident at work

January 26, 2015

An English utility company has been ordered by the English courts to pay over £350,000 in fines and costs after a long-serving employee was killed in an accident at work in 2010. Thames Water Utilities Limited (“TWUL”) has been fined and ordered to pay costs of £361,000 by the Southwark Crown Court after Mr Raymond […]

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Forge ordered to pay almost £250,000 after death of worker

December 19, 2013

A forge in Sheffield has been heavily fined and ordered to pay substantial costs after a worker died in an accident at work in May 2008. Sheffield Forgemasters Steel Ltd was fined and ordered to pay costs amounting cumulatively to approximately £250,000 after it pleaded guilty at the Crown Court to breaching health and safety […]

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Injury at work results in heavy fine for factory firm

December 11, 2013

An accident at work has resulted in a Staffordshire manufacturing firm being heavily fined by the Stafford Crown Court after it pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations. Marling Leek Limited was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution after one of its employees, Mr Andrew Thomas, shattered his arm […]

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Company heavily fined after deaths in Flying Phantom sinking

November 29, 2013

A global marine company has been heavily fined after one of its tugs, the Flying Phantom, sank in 2007, leading to the deaths of three of the four crew members. The fatal accident occurred on 19 December 2007 when the Flying Phantom – a tug boat owned by Svitzer Marine Limited – was towing a […]

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Accident at work leads to fine for Birmingham demolitions company

June 6, 2013

A Birmingham demolitions company has been fined and ordered to pay costs after a worker at its plant in Warwickshire suffered an injury at work. A Birmingham-based demolitions firm has been fined and ordered to pay costs by Solihull Magistrates’ Court after it was found that the business had breached key health and safety regulations, […]

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Health Related Occupational Stress Injuries

January 17, 2013

(US employment and PI law and general issues). Repetitive stress injuries are a category of disability whose predictability is determined by the amount of time an employee spends performing the same task over and over, and the number of times the task has to be performed (in an hour or day) to meet performance quotas. […]

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