A construction firm from Llanelli, South Wales, has been fined £3,000 for breaching a manual handling regulation, leading to one of its employees suffering a work paralysis after a serious work accident. The man, who wishes to remain unnamed, was installing a beam and block floor at Hillside Care Home in Swansea on 10 March 2010. He was working on … Read
The Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, is conducting a new study into work injury statistics to finally prove one way or the other if older employees are in fact more likely to suffer workplace accidents. The aim of the study is to measure the increased risk that is seemingly apparent within older, younger and immigrant workers to illness and injury. … Read
Component Manufacturer, Schlegel Automotive Europe Ltd has been fined £9,000 after one of its employees suffered a severe hand injury due to the poor state of repair to the machine he was using at the time of the work accident. The firm specialises in the manufacture of rubber components to be used within the automotive industry and had failed to … Read
David James of Weymouth suffered a crushed arm whilst trying to feed metal sheeting through machinery in a horrific work accident at Aden Pro Form Ltd. Mr James has been unable to return to his employment as a result of his work injury, suffered in April 2009. He has been restricted in his movements as a result of the severe … Read
A Harrow construction firm has been found guilty of breaching Health and Safety regulations after a work fall from seven metres severely injured one of its employees. Vasile Ionel Vatca, a 28 year old Romanian was on top of a roof clearing up debris after a major refurbishment project at Eaton Mews North, Belgravia. There were two separate components to … Read
Managing Director of Firm at Fault for Gas Explosion An employee of a St Helens gas supply firm suffered multiple burns after a gas explosion on site. John Webster has been fined £22,500 for failing to take reasonable care of himself and his employees, putting them in danger of suffering a work injury. Mr Webster and another worker suffered burns … Read
Accident Prevention – A Look at the Causes and Statistics With a whole host of injuries prevalent within UK workplaces, instead of cost cutting resulting in a greater risk of accidents, more emphasis should be placed on accident prevention causing less accidents and a decrease in the associated costs and man hours lost. Statistics of injuries in the workplace shows … Read
Isle of Wight Care Home in Elderly Neglect The Isle of Wight Council has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay legal costs of £5,133 due to elderly neglect in one of the care homes on their island. Brian Leek, an elderly respite resident at The Gouldings, St Andrews Way was seriously scalded, due to the incorrect shower fitting being … Read
Children Receiving Swine Flu Vaccination Suffering with Narcolepsy In Sweden there has been a surge in children suffering from narcolepsy as a direct result of receiving the swine flu vaccination. So far there have been 150 cases in the country caused by the Pademrix swine flu vaccination, but health experts are expecting more in the future. Tomas Norberg, of the … Read
Employee Suffered Arm Injury in Sheffield Accident Betafence Ltd, an internationally renowned fencing firm, with a production plant in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, has been fined £12,000 after one of its employees suffered a serious arm injury. On 7 August 2009, the worker (who has remained unnamed) was mending a wire break in one of four rotating blocks of a wire … Read