Who Is In Control

Mr S worked for a scaffolding company. He was sent to dismantle a specialist type of scaffold known as birdcage. Basically the building is erected around the outside of the scaffold including the roof. This means at the end of construction the scaffold is completely enclosed. The only way of reaching the  working platform is […]

Need A Second Opinion??

Mrs S was at work. It was a training day and staff were moving around the premises from room to room taking part in training exercises. Her employer had provided refreshments including bottled water. As Mrs S was walking to her next venue she slipped and fell on water that had been spilled on the […]

Steering Unassistance

On this particular day Mr W was allocated a different works van, which had been fitted with a steering wheel adaptation. It shouldn’t have been. The company does not allow them, but they knew it had been fitted. As the steering wheel turned the adaptation struck Mr W’s hand and dislocated his thumb. After we […]

1st Aid Saves Lives

Staff from our offices recently went on their 1st aid refresher training with the lovely people at St John’s ambulance in Ossett. We had a fun day getting to grips with bandages, learning some new techniques and refreshing our memory of previously learnt ones. But whilst it was a fun day, it was also a […]

Slip on Ice

Mrs R visited her local Trampoline Centre with her grandchildren and was walking through the car par when Mrs R slipped on ice within the car park. Adrenaline International have accepted fault for Mrs R’s accident. Brearleys solicitors are your best choice of personal injury specialist handling all types of legal cases both locally and […]

Hosepipe Hazard

Water and zero degrees temperatures don’t really mix that well, and when they do it tends to result in ice. That is unfortunately what happen on the pavement that Mr W was walking his dog along, and even more unfortunately Mr W stood on the ice, slipped, fell and broke his ankle. It turned out […]

Collapsing Clothes Rail

Shopping is not normally a hazardous activity – well, apart from maybe to to your bank balance. But, it certainly turned out to be a painful day out for Miss T when she went to do clothes shopping. Having tried on some outfits, Miss w came out of the changing rooms and went to hang […]

Batley’s Christmas Lights Switch On

The countdown is on to this year’s Batley Christmas lights switch on celebration. This year, after the Council were no longer able to fund and organise it, the event the switch on is brought to you by Batley Business Association with sponsorship support from Fox’s biscuits and Creative Scene. And there is certainly plenty going […]

Cycling Accident

Mr D was cycling along a main road and came to a roundabout he proceeded to cycle onto the roundabout to carry on the road straight ahead when another driver pulled out of another road joining the roundabout without stopping at the give way line and drove into Mr D knocking Mr D off his […]

Tripping Hazard at Local Park

Mr M was walking through his local park when he tripped as the council had failed to repair a missing drain cover properly leaving a raised flagstone on top of where the cover should have been and Mr M tripped over the raised stone. The Council responsible for the park have now accepted that they […]