Articles On: Fatal Accidents at Work
Farmer Imprisoned After Cattle Tramples a Walker to Death
Posted: 9 February 2022
Posted in: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Fatal Accidents at Work, Injuries from Animals & Animal Attacks, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury, Workplace Personal Injury
Most farm animals are fairly innocuous, but large animals like cows and horses can pose a serious risk to people. In the event of David Tinniswood, the lack of appropriate safety measures led to an irreversible, but avoidable, tragedy. It’s instances of such misfortune that show businesses don’t just have a duty of care to their workers, but to the wider public who interact with them. On the 30th of May 2020, Tinniswood, his wife, and their two dogs were walking through a public right of way through Ivescar Farm,…
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Construction Employee Killed Falling Through Fragile Asbestos Roofing.
Posted: 1 February 2022
Posted in: Construction & Building, Falling From a Height, Fatal Accidents at Work, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury, Workplace Personal Injury
On the 22nd of May 2017, Marius Andrus was performing work on a replacement roof project in Liverpool. The roofer had reached a part of the roof made with old Asbestos cement sheets. They collapsed, and he fell through the roof, six metres down, sustaining fatal injuries. The company responsible for the tragic workplace death is a Powys construction company called AJM Services Ltd. They have been fined £51,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,000 after pleading guilty to section 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. The…
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Significant casualties in American factory after workers given 20 minute Tornado warning – is this corporate manslaughter?
Posted: 15 December 2021
Posted in: Factory Working Environments, Fatal Accidents at Work, Manufacturing, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury, Workplace Personal Injury
A series of deadly tornados, including one category EF5, hit multiple US states last Friday evening (10th December 2021). EF5’s can reach speeds higher than 200mph. The “Quad-State Tornado” wreaked havoc across 200 miles of land, destroying homes, businesses, and claiming lives. In Mayfield, Kentucky, the strongest of these tornados hit Mayfield Consumer Products (MCP), a candle factory running around the clock to meet Christmas demand. The factory is the 3rd largest employer in the area, with 245 people staff and last year’s earning standing at $28.97million. 110 workers were…
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