The offshore industry has been warned that its safety record is not good enough following the release of the latest official accident statistics. The UK offshore oil and gas industry has been warned about its safety record as new statistics show both increases in major injuries and unplanned hydrocarbon releases. Figures released by the Health [...]
An American personal injury legal firm is warning claimants not to settle claims too quickly with BP and inadvertently sign away rights to compensation for future damages. BP has already compensated victims of the Gulf oil spill crisis nearly $400 million dollars, with $20 billion put aside for future claims. US firm Beasley Allen says [...]
Former miners who claim they received inadequate compensation for Vibration White Finger under a Government scheme are launching a legal challenge. A Government compensation scheme was set up just over ten years ago to settle compensation claims but many miners now say that they did not receive the full amounts they were entitled to. At [...]
Fatalities from drink related road traffic accidents have fallen in the UK to a record low. Provisional accident statistics involving accidents reported to the police involving drinking and driving in Britain in 2009, published by the Department for Transport, show fatalities have fallen by five per cent to 380, down from 400 killed in 2008. [...]
A man working for a haulage firm has received a six figure personal injury compensation payout. The man, whose name has not been released but who worked as a shunter, was helping to load pallets on to wagons. The man was seriously injured when he was flung from a barrow truck while working at a [...]
