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Blink 182 crash death deal reached
17/3/2010
A multimillion-dollar compensation deal over the case of Chris Baker, a former assistant to the band Blink 182 who was killed in a 2008 plane crash, has been accepted by his family.
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£10,000 for teacher who saved kids
16/3/2010
A Worcestershire teaching assistant injured while protecting schoolchildren from falling bars from a sports hall climbing frame has received £10,000 in compensation.
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Crane collapse costs Corus £100,000
15/3/2010
Steelmaker Corus has been criticised by health and safety officials after a mobile crane collapsed at a Yorkshire steel works, injuring its operator.
The manufacturing giant was fi...
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Dodgy-scaffold firm fined £1,000
12/3/2010
A firm which endangered its workers by not ensuring scaffold on a building site was safe has been fined by a magistrates' court.
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Royal Mail fined over lorry death
11/3/2010
Royal Mail has been handed a £90,000 fine following the death of an employee who was killed when he was crushed between a reversing HGV cab and its trailer.
Colin Smith, 57, ...
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Everton footballer gets driving ban
9/3/2010
A court has imposed a 12-month driving ban on a Premier League footballer after he was arrested over a drink-driving offence.
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Four hurt in firm's toxic gas leak
5/3/2010
A chemical plant near Grimsby in Lincolnshire has been left dealing with a "serious" incident after toxic gas escaped from its site.
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Tour staff on trial over two deaths
4/3/2010
Two tour firm employees accused of manslaughter and negligence are to resume their trial over the deaths of a young brother and sister from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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Driver cleared over colleague death
3/3/2010
A Royal Mail driver from Berkshire who fatally injured a colleague by reversing into him has been cleared of breaching health and safety laws.
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Water firm fined for crush accident
2/3/2010
A water company has been fined after an employee sustained serious injuries while working at a treatment works site in Suffolk.
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Gate firm fined after death of boy
1/3/2010
A construction company has been fined £80,000 after a young boy was crushed to death by electric gates.
Nine-year-old Jason Keet died on April 13, 2006 when his head was crus...
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Trust guilty over patient death
26/2/2010
A hospital pleaded guilty today to breaching health and safety law in relation to the death of a severely disabled patient.
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