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TV star shares details of ‘life-changing’ horror farm accident

TV star and Paralympian Samantha Kinghorn has shared details of the life-changing accident she suffered on her family’s farm when she was just 14 years old.   The sports star and BBC Countryfile TV presenter spoke to OK! Magazine to highlight the horror of the farm accident, which left her thinking she was going to…

Openreach fined £1.34 million after engineer  ‘swept away’ in river

One of the UK’s largest broadband networks has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer slipped and fell into a river whilst trying to repair a telephone line.   Alun Owen, from Bethesda, Bangor was working for Openreach when he died on 6 October 2020. The 32-year-old, who has been described by his family as…

Farmer suffers serious injuries after being crushed by haybales

A farming partnership in Surrey has been fined £36,000 after a young father was seriously injured.   Christopher Rolfe from Horsham in West Sussex, sustained four rib fractures when five hay bales, each weighing 600kg, toppled and fell on top of him at Polesden Lacey Farm on 28 April 2022.     Just 26 at the time, Christopher had…

Company fined £200k after electrical explosion left worker with serious burns

A company has been fined more than £200,000 after an electrical explosion caused a worker to suffer serious burns, a broken arm and fractured ribs.   The incident occurred at Copper Hill industrial estate in Lincolnshire in July 2021 when a worker was tasked with moving heavy-duty electrical wires, with a metal crowbar on an…

Yorkshire recycling company fined £1.2m after worker struck by wagon

A Yorkshire metals recycling company has been fined £1.2m after a worker was injured after being struck by a wagon at a processing site.   The incident occurred on 10 August 2020 when an employee of CF Booth Limited in Rotherham was walking across the site yard when he was struck by a moving 32-tonne…

Gogglebox star George Gilbey dies in tragic workplace accident

Gogglebox star George Gilbey, 40, has died after being involved in a fatal accident at work.   The TV star, who had also appeared on the 14th series of Big Brother in 2014, reportedly died following an accident at work on Wednesday which saw him ‘fall from a height’ while carrying out his job. Essex…

Bakery company fined £400,000 after employee has leg amputated

A food manufacturing company on the Wirral has been fined £400,000 after one of its employees had to have her leg amputated.   Sharon Bramhall lost a leg following a serious incident at Baker & Baker Products, which is based in Bromborough. The 58-year-old had to have her left leg amputated below the knee following…

Company fined £400k after worker left disfigured from chemical burns

One of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured while carrying out a routine task.   The worker, 47, was attempting to clear the sump which contained a caustic solution at INEOS’s site in Grangemouth, Scotland, on 25 November 2019. However, the worker, who does not wish…

Agriculture most dangerous industry to work in, figures show

Agriculture is the most dangerous industry to work in after figures show that it had the highest number of fatal injuries among workers last year.   As a result, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to highlight advice for working safely within the farming industry. According to figures, there was a…

Company fined £250,000 after two employees had their fingers amputated

Employees at a bed manufacturing company have had to have their fingers amputated after suffering a serious injury at work.   Rochdale-based Sartex Quilts and Textiles has since been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive and fined more than £250,000 after the two separate incidents. HSE inspector Elena Pickford described the injuries sustained by…