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ASDA Employee Receives £14,600 Following Two Separate Accidents At Work

Oakwood Solicitors has obtained £14,600 for a client who sustained two accidents at work whilst working for ASDA.   Accident One During the first incident, the Claimant was working in the store’s warehouse when she noticed that a colleague had left some large storage boxes directly in the walkway. The Claimant attempted to move these…

Construction Company Fined £1.5million Following Death of Employee

Teesside Crown Court have recently fined Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd £1.5 million after HSE have found that their negligence led to the death of Keith Poppleton following an incident on the 25th of October 2016.   Mr Poppleton, an electrician, had been sent to repair wiring that was causing a short circuit on the lifting…

Construction Company Receives Heavy Fine and Custodial Sentence Following Accidents At Work  

J Murphy Aggregates Ltd, a construction company based in Pudsey, Leeds, have recently been fined over £100,000 after two of their employees have sustained injuries from serious accidents at work.   The first incident occurred when J Murphy Aggregates Ltd employed James Duggan to use a tracked excavator. Mr Duggan held a Construction Plant Competence…

Company ordered to pay over £150,000 after employee died in forklift truck accident

An investigation recently completed by Liverpool Council have held that Chestnut Building Centres should be fined, after their employee, Robert Ambrose, sadly passed away when he became crushed under a forklift truck on the 15th of November 2018.   It was found that Mr Ambrose, who was 62 at the time of his death, was…

Bakery manager sues ASDA for £200,000 due to an injury at work

A bakery manager has brought a compensation claim against his employers, ASDA, after he sustained a broken thigh bone in September 2017.   The fracture was so severe that the employee has required a hip replacement and one of his legs is now permanently shorter than the other. Steve Drew, 49, was covering a shift…

Amazon Workers Passed Away Hours After Being Denied Sick Leave

It has been reported that two Alabama Amazon employees passed away, shortly after requesting sick leave from the company.   The first unfortunately passed away on the 28th of November 2021 and the second died only one day later, on the 29th of November 2021. Employees at the site have now come forward by speaking…

Top 10 UK Cities With the Highest Number of Accidents Revealed

The Compensation Experts have revealed the top ten locations within the UK which have the highest number of accidents on the road and in the workplace, using data from The Office of National Statistics and the Health and Safety Executive.   The rankings have been calculated based on the city’s population and its accidents per…

The pressures of working at speed in an Amazon warehouse

Anyone who needs a Birthday present at short notice, or realises they have a missing ingredient for the cakes they are making for the school fair, will appreciate the speed and convenience of hopping onto the Amazon website and ordering a delivery for the next day.   However, items arriving at speed can put untold…

Pressures from Amazon lead to a surge in accidents at work

The manufacturing industry is a field where workers are at a higher risk of sustaining injury, with 34 employees dying through the course of their employment in 2020/2021, a rise of 7 from the previous year.   This is the third highest sector, with only construction and agriculture having higher figures. The most common accidents include…

Oakwood Solicitors Returns Over £26,000 To A Client Suffering Substantial Injuries

Since the Herbert v HH Law case in April 2019, claims have risen for overcharged fees arising out of disputes from ‘no win, no fee’ claims signed by clients as their case is taken on by their Solicitor.   More recently, the Belsner v CAM Legal Services (2020) EWHC 2755(QB) case has also raised disputes…