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Working From Height Regulations To Be Streamlined By HSE
Working From Height Regulations To Be Streamlined By HSE The Health and Safety Executive has announced that it is going to adjust its rules regarding working from heights. The HSE states that there are more than 10 million businesses in Britain and 10 million individual workers who work from ...
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Workers Exposed To Asbestos By Employer
Workers Exposed To Asbestos By Employer A company has received a large fine from the Health and Safety Executive after it was found to be in breach of a number of different conditions to do with the safe removal of asbestos. In March 2012, subcontractors for a firm that was hired to manage th...
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Worker Left With Multiple Injuries Following Truck Accident
Worker Left With Multiple Injuries Following Truck Accident The director of a truck and trailer company in Yorkshire has been jailed for not complying with workplace health and safety regulations, the result of which left an employee with disabling injuries. The employer, from Barnsley, has b...
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Worker Falls From Roof At School
Worker Falls From Roof At School A worker who fell 3 metres from a school building in Lancashire has suffered life-changing injuries. The 51-year-old, who has asked not to be named, was working for a roofing company, when the incident occurred at the school, in Chorley. The company was in ...
Read MoreWork Equipment Blamed As Jockey Wins Compensation After Head Injury
Work Equipment Blamed As Jockey Wins Compensation After Head Injury After a lengthy battle, a jockey who fell from his horse at the first hurdle during a steeplechase at Cheltenham Racecourse has received £58,000 in horse riding compensation. The jump jockey said that the perimeter fence was ...
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Work Capability Changes Indicate Positive Move Says Brain Injury Charity
Work Capability Changes Indicate Positive Move Says, Brain Injury Charity, Atos, the company which administered the controversial Work Capability Assessments has withdrawn from its contract with the government and a new firm will be appointed early next year. The divisive scheme, which determ...
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Women Drinking And Driving Is On The Up Says Report
Women Drinking And Driving Is On The Up Says Report A recent article in the Observer Magazine has highlighted a growing number of women who drink and drive. The survey cited in the article involved interviews with women who drunk alcohol and were also drivers. Middle-aged women were found to ...
Read MoreWoman Seeks Brain Damage Compensation After Almost Drowning
Woman Seeks Brain Damage Compensation After Almost Drowning A woman from Blackpool is pursuing personal injury compensation for brain damage after a near drowning incident at a local swimming pool 13 years ago. The woman began struggling in the water during a swimming lesson with her Essex sc...
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Woman Receives Compensation For Poor Dental Treatment
Woman Receives Compensation For Poor Dental Treatment A woman from Swindon who suffered years of painful tooth decay has successfully pursued a £15,000 personal injury compensation claim against two dentists after they failed to treat her condition correctly. The 33-year-old woman’s ordeal st...
Read MoreWoman Injured At Work Says Cosmetic Surgery Has Transformed Her Life
Woman Injured At Work Says Cosmetic Surgery Has Transformed Her Life A woman who suffered a workplace injury that left her partially paralysed says that cosmetic surgery has given her a new lease of life. The 26-year-old from Stafford says her breast enlargement operation has boosted her conf...
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Woman Granted Compensation After Husband Dies Of Asbestos Illness
Woman Granted Compensation After Husband Dies Of Asbestos Illness A woman whose husband died of asbestos exposure in the workplace has been given £183,200 in compensation for his pain and suffering. The man, who was 73 when he died last year, worked at Castlemead power station in Gloucester b...
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Winter Safety On Two Wheels
Winter Safety On Two Wheels The UK's roads can be treacherous for all kinds of motorists. Last year, there were 1732 reported road deaths and more than 22,144 people seriously injured in road traffic accidents. Compared with other road users, cyclists and motorcyclists are particularly vulner...
Read MoreWhat Is Noise-induced Hearing Loss And How Can It Be Prevented?
What Is Noise-induced Hearing Loss And How Can It Be Prevented? Hearing loss is widely considered an inevitable part of getting older. While age-related hearing loss is the leading cause of deafness, for some people, deafness isn’t something they experience because they have reached ‘a certain a...
Read MoreWelcome Proposals From Parliament On Alcohol Misuse For Motorists
Welcome Proposals From Parliament On Alcohol Misuse For Motorists Parliament is due to unveil proposals to inform drivers about the risk of alcohol misuse. The alcohol manifesto includes plans to decrease the alcohol limit for young drivers. A huge number of people facing allegations of drivi...
Read MoreVan Driver With 8 Previous Offences Sentenced for Cyclist Death
Van Driver With 8 Previous Offences Sentenced for Cyclist Death This week, Christopher Gard, a van driver with eight previous convictions for using his mobile phone at the wheel, has been jailed for nine years. On 12 August 2015, Gard hit cyclist Lee Martin while driving at 65mph on the A31 n...
Read MoreVan Driver Dies in Road Traffic Accident
Van Driver Dies in Road Traffic Accident A 54-year-old van driver has been killed in a Derby road traffic accident when his van collided with a lorry. Firefighters and paramedics were at the scene and both drivers had to be cut free from the vehicles. The road was not opened up again until la...
Read MoreTypes of Traumatic Brain Injury
Types of Traumatic Brain Injury There are essentially two kinds of traumatic brain injury: focal and diffuse. Diffuse injuries are restricted to a specific part of the brain and can be easily picked up on a CT scan or X-ray. Contusions are a form of focal brain injury which results in damaged br...
Read MoreTripping Accident Leaves Worker On ‘Scrap Heap’
Tripping Accident Leaves Worker On ‘Scrap Heap’ A man from Gloucester says that a workplace injury has left him unable to work and that he feels marginalised because of his injuries. 69-year-old Richard Hathaway says that while he was working as a support officer at Securitas in the Forest of...
Read MoreTrainee Worker Falls 3 Storeys From Building
Trainee Worker Falls 3 Storeys From Building The Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a company whose employee fell 8 metres from a building while at work. The 22-year-old man, who does not want to be identified, was helping fit flue lining inside the chimney of a house where there was ...
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Tractor Accident Tragedy Sees Wife Continue Her Battle With Cancer
Tractor Accident Tragedy Sees Wife Continue Her Battle With Cancer A grief-stricken woman whose husband died in a farming accident has found the courage to continue her cancer treatment despite being convinced she was unable to go through with it. The 46-year-old woman was diagnosed with brea...
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