November 11th, 2009
Compensation has been awarded to a woman who was glassed in the face after her attacker was identified via social networking site Facebook.
Jennifer Wilson was attacked in the Walkabout pub in Watford in March earlier this year.
Ashleigh Holliman, 22, of Croxley Green, pleaded guilty to charges of actual bodily harm over the incident, in which the prosecution said Miss Wilson had been doing nothing wrong.
Holliman, who works as a hairdresser, had been identified in relation with the crime after police officers tracked her down on Facebook, reports the Watford Observer.
Ms Wilson was left with a scar on her face after the assault and was awarded £2,400 by St Albans Crown Court.
Holliman will also have to undertake 120 hours of community service in addition to paying the compensation.
Earlier this week, a man was awarded £1,000 in compensation after he was attacked at a railway station in Wales.
Matthew Hale was punched to the ground and stamped on by Joshua Preece, 19, of Bridgend.
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June 3rd, 2009
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to all employers that they must provide a safe place to work in order to avoid injury and potential prosecution.
Its advice comes after Sunderland-based car parts manufacturer International Automotive Components Group was fined under health and safety regulations when a man sustained serious injuries on its premises.
Trevor Rollin had been using an overhead crane to unload tools from a metal rack in August 2008 when it collapsed and fell onto him.
The employee suffered multiple fractures, as well as cuts and bruises.
International Automotive Components Group was found not to have provided stabilisation for the single bay tool racking and was fined under Regulation 20 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
HSE Inspector Fiona MacNeill said: "The safety of work equipment cannot be taken for granted. Employers should assess and prioritise the more serious risks in their premises."
According to additional figures from the HSE, six million working days were lost to injury between 2007 and 2008.
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January 9th, 2009
An employer has been prosecuted after one of its workers sustained a serious injury in an accident on a building site.
The unnamed man was labouring on a site for Peter Ernest Homes in 2007 when he left his position to get a drink.
However, as he crossed the site, another worker dropped a scaffolding pole, which fell on him as there was no netting between the scaffolding and the ground.
The man suffered partial paralysis and has still not fully recovered.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Joanna Woodcock said that falling materials pose risks on any site and should be managed as such.
"Those in control of scaffold operations should keep others out from below because it only takes a simple human error to drop something," she remarked.
According to the HSE, six million working days were lost to injuries in 2007-08, with 299,000 reportable injuries occurring.
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November 19th, 2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers to adhere to safety regulations to ensure the safety of their workforce.
Its advice comes after the prosecution of Knauf, a Kent plasterboard company, following an incident in which a man was hurt.
The unnamed employee was cleaning the rollers of a plasterboard machine with the guard off when he became trapped.
He suffered a serious injury to his hand and HSE inspector Jan Combs said the accident could have been prevented.
"If a proper health and safety risk assessment had been carried out and acted upon this incident could have been avoided. [Knauf] ignored basic health and safety rules," she remarked.
The firm was prosecuted for breaches of the health and safety regulations and was fined for its actions.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, six million working days were lost to injuries in 2007-08, with 299,000 reportable injuries occurring.
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November 11th, 2008
Two companies have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after an employee was killed in an accident.
The unnamed worker had been walking along a steel structure with platforms and walkways at various heights where boilers were being installed in July 2005.
However, floor gratings that were moved during the installations had not been replaced and the man fell 23 metres to his death.
Lentjes UK, the principal contractor and Rafako S.A., the sub-contractor, were prosecuted for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Work at Height Regulations 2005 respectively.
HSE inspector Peter Collingwood said that had the gratings been replaced or had the fitters not been permitted to remove them, the worker’s death would not have occurred.
"Another life has been lost because of the inability to plan and implement simple and basic precautions and employers need to understand that this is simply not acceptable," he remarked.
Under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, every employer should make sure that work is not carried out at height when it can be successfully carried out at ground level.
Where work at height is carried out, employers are legally obliged to take adequate steps to prevent falls.
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