Bristol Personal Injury Blog

Fatal accident in warehouse

Posted: 11th March 2013

Posted in: Workplace Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Employers are failing to effectively manage the risks facing workers in the storage, warehousing and road haulage sector, according to the Health and Safety Executive. A recently reported fatal accident in a Corby warehouse provides an all too real example of how serious the consequences of these failings can be. Fatal accident The incident concerned […]

Firm fined after pedestrian is struck by falling masonry

Posted: 6th March 2013

Posted in: Pedestrian Injuries Public Place Accidents Shop Accidents Shoulder Injuries Workplace Injuries 

A Portsmouth firm has been fined for safety failings after a member of the public was struck by masonry during unsafe overhead work in Surrey. The 29-year-old passer-by cut and bruised his shoulder and experienced muscle spasms as a result of the incident. Guildford Magistrates’ Court heard that the firm was undertaking work above shops […]

Network Rail found guilty following fatal accident

Posted: 26th February 2013

Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents Wrongful & Accidental Death 

Network Rail and one of its employees have been found guilty of breaching Health and Safety at Work regulations following the death of a woman at a level crossing in Herefordshire. Jane Harding died after her car was struck by a train at Moreton-on-Lugg level crossing in January 2010. The accident happened after signalman Maund […]

Blueprint to improve safety in the waste industry

Posted: 19th February 2013

Posted in: Workplace Injuries 

A blueprint for addressing the terrible toll of death, injury and ill health for workers in the waste and recycling industry is to be published following a landmark summit. Senior figures from across the sector met in Solihull to agree the key health and safety issues facing the industry and what needs to be done […]

Action needed to deliver step-change in cycle safety

Posted: 12th February 2013

Posted in: Bicycle Accidents 

An independent review has looked at how cycle safety is considered within the design and operation of construction vehicles within the construction industry. The review was commissioned by Transport for London, after a spate of serious incidents involving construction vehicles and cyclists over recent years. Between 2008 and 2011, 56% of the cycling fatalities in […]

Young drivers at risk

Posted: 10th February 2013

Posted in: Car Accidents Road Traffic Accidents 

Much has been written about the dangers created by young drivers on the roads, both to themselves and to other road users. A new piece of research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has highlighted that young drivers can be more likely to succumb to distractions while driving, and do not recognise the risks […]

30 years of seatbelt safety

Posted: 6th February 2013

Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents 

The Government has marked three decades of compulsory seatbelt use, as the law requiring all drivers to wear their seatbelts came in to force celebrated its 30th anniversary on 31st January 2013. Car manufacturers have had to install seatbelts since 1965 but the law requiring drivers to wear them did not come in to force […]

Drivers are more reckless in vans than other vehicles

Posted: 29th January 2013

Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents 

A study by AXA Business Insurance has revealed that van drivers who drive both a van and another vehicle are more likely to commit traffic offences and have accidents in their van than their other vehicle. Research among several hundred van drivers found that they appear to become more irresponsible when behind the wheel of […]

Gloucestershire paper company fined for safety failings

Posted: 24th January 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence Hand Injuries Workplace Injuries 

A Gloucestershire paper producer has been fined after an employee’s hand was crushed in an unguarded machine as he tried to clean it. The 43 year-old worker received a serious crushing injury, cuts and bruising to his right hand when it was drawn between the rollers of a paper coating machine, he was unable to […]

Enterprise Bill “stacks odds against workers”

Posted: 15th January 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries 

Government plans to change workplace law are a license for rogue bosses to let safety standards fall, claim the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). APIL is lobbying for a Government amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to be dropped as it is debated in the House of Lords. “The Government is trying […]