workplace accident

  Did anyone see the Youtube video about a Health and Safety Demonstration that went wrong?  Mrs Thom brought it to my attention and we have been having a chuckle about it.  I know that Health and Safety is not a laughing matter but this v...

  They’ve done it again!  My friends at Thompsons Solicitors won two awards on Thursday night at the Law Awards of Scotland- Employment Firm of the Year and Litigation Firm of the Year!  There must have been a few people feeling a...

  I was shocked to read that health and safety failings led to an employee at Lowmac Alloys being crushed between two skips.  The company were rightly fined £80,000 by the Health and Safety Executive but this is an accident that, if all t...

  I read in the papers this morning that a woman saved her seven year old grandson from a dog attack when they were out on the beach in Essex.  My first thought was just how brave both the child and the grandmother had been to get through such ...

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth Have you been injured at work? This is the question we are asked so many times today. We cannot go through a single television show these days without seeing one advert or another questioning whet...

  We won! ....I have a dream...  Never has so much ..... Ich bin ein berliner ...... The exact words of last night’s victory speech are unknown but what is known is that Thompsons are Firm of the Year 2011.   2 new records h...

  I read with interest this week about a claim for a factory worker being awarded £300,000 in compensation following an accident at work that left him with a permanent disability.  Wayne Miller from Cumbria was an employee of James Cr...

  I was shocked to read the results of a recent report prepared by the Rail Safety and Standards Board.  They have found that between 500 and 600 injuries to rail workers might not have been reported between 2005 and 2010.  The main reason...

  The Health and Safety Executive have issued a safety warning regarding scissor lifts. There have been a number of workplace accidents involving the scissor lifts, which have resulted in employees sustaining injury. Tragically, five people in Europ...