Personal car accident and work injury compensation claim at Injuries Direct

A £30,000 fine was imposed from Castle Bromwich, Birmingham the firm Dura Automotive Body and Glass Systems UK

The car components firm was fined after a manufacturing robot struck Michael Brewer a worker at the company, causing damage to his voice box and nearly paralysing him down one side of his body.

Mr. Brewer was injured while attempting to fix a fully-automated industrial robot in May 2008.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation and discovered that the firm had a system of accessing the robot by putting it on manual before entry rather on the full automatic cycle.

Health and Safety Executive inspectors also found that staff would watch the operating cycle from inside the guarded zone.

They concluded that company had failed to carry out an adequate risk assessment to the risks posed to maintenance staff by operating the industrial robots when staff are within the guarded area.

The company was also ordered to pay costs of £20,000 by the Crown Court in Birmingham.

Edward Fry an inspector at HSE said: “This is a prime example of a company failing to address the risks relating to maintenance work.”

It possible that Mr. Brewer will be pursuing a claim for compensation.

A spokes person for Ashley Ainsworth one of the UK leading companies based  in Cheshire, that deals with accident at work compensation said “Employers should make more effort in providing risk assessments to protect their work force”