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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Poultry firm fined after worker's fall  A poultry farm has been fined after a worker fractured his pelvis in the kind of incident that can mean people need help from a personal injury lawyer in Southampton. Shropshire-based Llynclys Farm Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the incident at the firm's Stoke Heath Farm site in 2009. The 36-year-old agency worker, who did not want to be named, was walking on a temporary platform made from stacks of cages to move hens from the poultry house when he tripped. He fell nearly three metres from the unprotected platform edge, fracturing his pelvis in two places and also suffering a collapsed lung. An investigation into the incident carried out by the HSE found Llynclys Farm had identified the risk of workers falling from the platform, but had not fitted any edge protection or take any other measures to reduce the risk of falls. HSE inspector Janice Dale said: "Falling from height remains the most common cause of workplace deaths and those who survive are often seriously injured, as in this avoidable incident." Recent figures from the HSE have shown an increase in fatal workplace accidents, though the overall number of reportable injuries has fallen. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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