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John Brown a groundsman claimed compensation with the help of a personal injury solicitor based at Thompsons solicitors in England and his trade union Unison.
Mr Brown suffered significant injury to his knee following a tripping accident at work....- Details
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Two companies have been fined over £600,000 in total following the ‘entirely preventable’ deaths of two men who were asphyxiated trying to rescue a colleague from the hold of a barge.
The men, Robert MacDonald from Appin and Maarten Den Heijer...- Details
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Thompsons Solicitors partner in Aberdeen Chris Gordon has welcomed a health and safety clampdown on the North Sea’s ageing oil platforms.
Mr Gordon who is based in Thompsons offices in King St Aberdeen said: “The North Sea is a dangerous...- Details
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A 42 year old man has been awarded a compensation payment following an injury which he sustained at work. He had been working as a concrete pump operator when the accident occurred.
As part of his job he was required to clean out the pump at the...- Details
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A postal worker has recently received a compensation payout after being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Mr Fletcher had worked in the mail sorting room at the time.
He had worked in this position for 10 years, from 1999 until 2009. The...- Details
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A Scottish steel firm has been fined £50,000 after an employee suffered a broken arm and finger in what a Sheriff described as ‘an accident waiting to happen’.
The accident happened when a squad of men were marking steel plates outside the...- Details
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Richard Dawson has received compensation after being injured at work in a welding accident. The 46 year old had been working for the company for 8 years when the accident occurred.
Mr Dawson’s job as a spot welder involved him lying on his back...- Details
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A woman has recently received compensation after contracting a skin disease at work. She was exposed to latex at work despite her employer knowing that she was allergic to it.
She had been diagnosed with the allergy several years before making her...- Details
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A man has received a compensation payment after having fingers severed in a workplace accident. Wesley Dickinson had been working as a machine operator in a factory owned by Centriforce Products at the time of the accident.
The accident occurred in...- Details
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An HGV fitter has received a compensation payment after being diagnosed with vibration induced carpal tunnel syndrome. He was paid the compensation by his employer, TNT Express UK Limited.
65 year old Harry Alcock had begun to feel numbness in his...
