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ClaimsSolicitors urges employers to learn serious lessons from teenager’s fatal accident at work

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Stockport, United Kingdom (June 23rd, 2010)- The trial of the boss of an Aberdeen plumbing company accused of breaching health and safety laws should make employers take note of the steps they can take to avoid industrial accidents such as this tragic case. Apprentice plumber Michael Scott was only 18 in December 2006 when he was crushed to death at work by falling MDF boards.

A spokesperson from claimssolicitors.co.uk commented following the recent adjournment of the trial: “Statistics show that young employees, in particular, are more susceptible to work accidents. However whatever the age of a worker carrying out some simple steps can help to prevent such tragic occurrences. In evidence heard by the Court, it emerged that Michael had been working alone and unsupervised and had been sent his instructions that morning by means of a text from his boss. Although this case is taking place in a Scottish Court the wider principles apply to cases in England and Wales”

Employers should ensure that:

All employers have a duty of care to their employees and although the outcome of this trial is yet unknown it would seem that there are already lessons to be learned.”

www.claimssolicitors.co.uk is the online presence of Davies and Company Solicitors of Stockport a specialist firm of solicitors that was established in 1998 and has a successful track record in handling work accident claims.

About ClaimsSolicitors:

ClaimsSolicitors, the online division of Davies and Company, is a specialist firm of personal injury solicitors. The firm is a member of APIL (Association of Personal Injury Solicitors), MASS (Motor Accident Solicitors Society), and PEOPLE (Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers), and has a solicitor on the Solicitors Regulation Authority Personal Injury Panel.

Contact:

Claims Solicitors

Central House

17 Grand Central Square

Stockport

SK1 3TA

Ph – 0800 731 7923

Email – claims@claimssolicitors.co.uk

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