Weymouth man awarded £32k after crushing arm at work

David James, a former sheet metal work fromWeymouthwas severely injured in a work accident that left his arm crushed.

Mr James, 34 was working with metal sheeting, feeding it through a machine when the press break engaged crushing his arm, which required 6 hours of surgery and 2 years of recovery time.

Aden Pro Form Ltd, based inPoolehas been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £17,104 costs due to their breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act.

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Man loses fingers in work based accident

lathe machine - work accidentAn unnamed man lost two fingers when working with a lathe machine at an industrial estate in Adlington in 2010.

The 34 year old man was working for Proseal (UK) Ltd who build machines to seal food trays, was working with a lathe machine to polish metal when his hand got pulled into the machine and he lost part of two of his fingers.

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Phone shop worker seeking compensation for work accident

A former employee of Phones 4U is seeking personal injury compensation after suffering an accident at work.

22 year old, Louise Mennall fromEastbournewas left with serious damage to her foot after a computer stack fell on her foot at the high street branch she worked in.

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Family of boy involved in car accident seek compensation

According to a newspaper report, the family of Troy Brooks who was knocked down by a car outside his school are seeking personal injury compensation.

The accident occurred in 2005, when Troy was 11 outside Blackfield junior School, where we was struck by a car as he crossed the road to get to his class.

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Woman awarded £750k after car accident

A woman who sustained brain damage in a road traffic accident has been awarded £750,000 in a personal injury compensation case.

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Road accidents up in Coventry due to ice

road accidents in coventry due to icy conditionsThe recent spate of cold and icy weather has meant the ambulance services in Coventry have been kept busy due to an increase in road traffic accidents.

Accidents included a road accident on the A46 which involved a crash between a car and a lorry where the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance has flown out. Read More »

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