Health And Safety Executive | Personal Injury Blog

05.02.2010

Shattered Lives campaign – raising accidents at work awareness

Posted by Neil Worrall

3 fatal accidents at work involving slips, trips and falls in North West last year 1,751 people were seriously injured during accidents at work in the North West last year, according to figures released by the Health and Safety Executive as it stepped up its “Shattered Lives” campaign. The new campaign is aimed at preventing deaths and serious injuries in the workplace that are estimated to cost £800 million each year. According… read more

28.01.2010

Foamed Concrete – An accident at work risk to construction workers?

Posted by Neil Worrall

Explosion at construction site leads to new advice from HSE The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new guidance for the construction industry relating to the use of a type of concrete, after an explosion injured two workers on a construction site in August last year. The accident occurred when some concrete that had been poured on a construction site was setting. Two contractors on the site started to remove steelwork… read more

26.01.2010

HSE Fines Aviation Company for Accident at Work

Posted by Neil Worrall

Breaches in working at height regulations leave worker seriously injured An aviation company has been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an accident at work that left one of its employees unable to work for more than two years. Air Livery Plc, a Southend Airport-based firm was prosecuted for failing to take the steps necessary to prevent one of its workers from falling from the wing of an aircraft… read more

16.09.2009

Health and Safety Executive launches Ladder Exchange to cut accidents at work

Posted by Neil Worrall

New initiative to swap old work equipment for new In a bid to reduce the number of serious accidents in the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive is launching a Ladder Exchange initiative designed to get businesses and tradesmen to trade in their old and damaged ladders for new ones. The initiative forms part of the wider Shattered Lives campaign which targets all areas of workplace safety, not just injuries caused… read more

17.06.2009

£300,000 falling tree injury claim may “open doors”

Posted by Neil Worrall

Compensation claim could have widespread implications A claim launched by a teacher from East Sussex could have widespread implications for people injured on publicly-owned land. Doreen Prior was injured by a falling tree branch whilst on a country walk. She has launched a £300,000 claim for compensation against the Environment Agency, accusing the agency of breaching its duty to ensure the public can safely use its land. Mrs Prior had been out… read more

12.06.2009

£30,000 fine for company in tragic wall collapse death accident

Posted by Neil Worrall

Accident in Northern Ireland led to man's death A construction company from Northern Ireland has been fined £30,000 after being found guilty of breaching health and safety regulations in an incident last year that saw one of its employees crushed to death when part of a wall he was demolishing fell on him. The Health and Safety Executive found that the company, PFG Plant Hire Ltd., had not carried out a… read more

22.05.2009

Noise at work – it‘s a pig!

Posted by Neil Worrall

Life out in the country isn’t always as quiet as you might expect, at least according to the latest advice from the Health and Safety Executive, who have released a new leaflet ‘Farmwise - Your Essential Guide to Health and Safety in Agriculture’. This new leaflet, aimed at farmers and people who work with livestock, highlights the risks from animal noise that can lead to hearing damage.The new leaflet advises… read more

Posts Tagged ‘Health and Safety Executive’

Shattered Lives campaign – raising accidents at work awareness

Foamed Concrete – An accident at work risk to construction workers?

HSE Fines Aviation Company for Accident at Work

Health and Safety Executive launches Ladder Exchange to cut accidents at work

£300,000 falling tree injury claim may “open doors”

£30,000 fine for company in tragic wall collapse death accident

Noise at work – it‘s a pig!