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Thompsons Solicitors Senior Partner in Aberdeen, Chris Gordon has warned farm workers to be more safety conscious after a man was killed on a Turriff farm after apparently being crushed by a forklift truck.
Mr Gordon, who specialises in personal...- Details
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Thompsons Solicitors have backed the family of a soldier killed when an RAF Nimrod exploded over Afghanistan who criticised the Ministry of Defence for making the battle for compensation "as difficult as possible".
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A man was recently injured while out walking on a public footpath. He received a compensation payment for his injuries this week.
He had been out walking his dog on the footpath at the time of the accident. He heard two cyclists coming up the path...- Details
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The TUC has called for the appointment of a Health and Safety Tsar as it published a report published which reveals that more than 20,000 people in the UK are killed prematurely by their work every year.
The Case for Health and Safety smashes the...- Details
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An Aberdeen building firm has been prosecuted and ordered to pay compensation after a worker was injured when a short circuit caused a localised electrical explosion.
Graeme W Cheyne (Builders) Ltd were fined £9,000 after George Forbes, 62, of...- Details
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A farming firm has been fined £13,500 following the death of a 13-year-old boy who fell through the roof of an agricultural building.
The fatal accident happened in August 2006 at Inverlochy Farm, Tomintoul which is run by John Irvine and Son. The...- Details
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A council has been fined after a man drowned when he accidentally drove his car into a pier that had no protective barriers.
The accident happened in Dunoon in September 2007, when Duncan MacGillvray, 75, had accidentally put his car into forward...- Details
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A quarry company based in Aberdeen have been fined almost £100,000 following the death of one of their workers in November 2008.
Leiths (Scotland), who operate at Parkmore Quarry in Dufftown were fined £96,000 at Elgin Sheriff Court after being...
