Category: Accident

David Lloyd fined £330,000 after 5 year-old boy nearly drowns

When there is poor risk assessment management at a corporate and local level, poor communication and poor supervision ...

When advice provided five years earlier about the risk of lead poisoning was not acted on ...

When the legal right for the woman to get a bit of fresh air in should have been risk assessed ...

When the employer does everything reasonable to ensure competence, but the individual just ignores his training ...

When children treat a construction site like a playground ...

When contradictory claims by both sides means the final decision will probably rest in the courts ...

When there is nothing here to learn that shouldn’t already be known - dangerous machines must be guarded ...

When no child, let alone a 10 month-old, should have any possible access to these hazards, especially in a nursery ...

When, 60 years after exposure, the case against the construction company was just not strong enough ...