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Top 3 Accidents In Schools
Top 3 Accidents In Schools The bell has rung for the start of a new school year again but how many pupils or staff who go to school on a daily basis will have had an accident by the summer holidays? According to statistics, it is highly likely that there will be several different types of acc...
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Tiredness Kills – Road Accidents Could Be Caused By Sleep Disorder
Tiredness Kills - Road Accidents Could Be Caused By Sleep Disorder According to a report published by Fleet News, there is an unknown danger on the UK’s roads in the form of a sleeping condition. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSAS) is a condition which causes sufferers to stop breathing in the ni...
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The Rise of Male Cosmetic Surgery
The Rise of Male Cosmetic Surgery Cosmetic surgery used to be overwhelmingly a female arena, but over the last ten years, there has been a significant increase in the number of men seeking treatments. A combination of the relaxation of social stigma, a growing pressure to look young and the intr...
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The 9 Most Common Causes Of Accidents At Work
The 9 Most Common Causes Of Accidents At Work While you might think your workplace is a safe environment, accidents at work are fairly common. Despite the high standards of health and safety we have in the UK, accidents do happen and can lead to employees sustaining both minor and major personal...
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The Family Of An Eight Year Old Girl Receive £4m In Compensation For Brain Injury Birth Negligence
The Family Of An Eight Year Old Girl Receive £4m In Compensation For Brain Injury Birth Negligence The family of an eight-year-old 8 girl, born with a brain injury which caused severe cerebral palsy has received £4 million in compensation. The girl's mother, 29, says that when her daughter, w...
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The Dangers Of Farm Slurry Raised In Work Place Injury News
The Dangers Of Farm Slurry Raised In Workplace Injury News The dangers of farm slurry have once again been brought to the forefront of workplace injury news. The death of a little boy on a farm in Ireland has led to more information about the toxic fumes being broadcast in an attempt to reduce t...
Read MoreThe Case For and Against Cycling Helmet Cameras
The Case For and Against Cycling Helmet Cameras Jeremy Vine’s recent run-in with an angry driver has highlighted the burgeoning tensions between cyclists and drivers on UK roads. The BBC radio and TV personality, who was tailgated and then threatened by the driver, was wearing a helmet camera an...
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Teenage Cyclist Suffers Head Injuries After Collision With A Van
Teenage Cyclist Suffers Head Injuries After Collision With A Van A teenage cyclist has suffered major head injuries and is now in a coma following an accident with a van on a Lincolnshire road. The details of the accident revealed that the 16-year-old was not wearing a helmet at the time of t...
Read MoreTax Disc Abolition – What’s The Problem?
Tax Disc Abolition - What's The Problem? After 93 years, the paper tax disc, first issued on 1 January 1921, will no longer be issued and required to be displayed on a vehicle windscreen. Systems change for good reason. Motorists and businesses can now spread the cost of payment which can onl...
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Survey Shows Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
Survey Shows Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure Three decades after the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbestos was banned in the UK, the majority of tradespeople still don’t recognise that exposure to asbestos continues to be the country’s bi...
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Sunderland Suffers Mesothelioma Black Spot Status
Sunderland Suffers Mesothelioma Black Spot Status According to news reports, Sunderland is the UK’s number one area for high mesothelioma mortality rates. The statistics appear in the local paper, the Sunderland Echo, where it is revealed that mesothelioma death rates are double that of the n...
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Subcontractor Suffers Post-Traumatic Stress After Clothes Burn Through Skin
Subcontractor Suffers Post-Traumatic Stress After Clothes Burn Through Skin A workman from Darlington has suffered agonising burns to his arms following a job working on a car park. The man had been working on the area erecting a fence in November 2010. He was using a jackhammer to dig a fina...
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Star Rating For Staffordshire Maternity Unit
Star Rating For Staffordshire Maternity Unit The people of Stafford have received some welcome news concerning the maternity unit at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. The unit, which serves a catchment area of 2.5 million people and has been open for just five years, has been co...
Read MoreStaffordshire Widow Receives Out Of Court Settlement But Wants Hospital To Admit Failings
Staffordshire Widow Receives Out Of Court Settlement But Wants Hospital To Admit Failings A father of 7, underwent a routine colonoscopy in March 2010, to verify whether or not he had cancer. The operation was performed at Stafford Hospital and the man later died as a result of a perforated bowe...
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Staff Injuries Reach Record High In Bradford
Staff Injuries Reach Record High In Bradford £88,000 worth of personal injury claims has been paid out to teachers by Bradford City Council in the last three years. The figures, which were released following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, relate to schools where Bradford City...
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Sports Related Brain Damage Claims On The Rise Say Experts
Sports-Related Brain Damage Claims On The Rise, Say Experts It has long been known that repeated blows to the head in sports such as boxing have the potential to cause long-term brain damage to the participants. However, medical experts fear that lack of knowledge about the potential long-term e...
Read MoreSmall Businesses To Get More Help With Health And Safety
Small Businesses To Get More Help With Health And Safety We are getting much better at implementing safe working practices here in the UK, and fatalities at work have fallen by 85% since 1974. Despite the dramatic fall in figures, there are still over 640,000 accidents at work every year in the ...
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Skull crush victim seeks compensation from employer
Skull crush victim seeks compensation from employer A 24-year-old man who had his head crushed against a wall in a horrific crushing accident at work is pursuing compensation from the company where he worked. Simon Mason from Romford was working in a loading bay at Tufnells’ parcel delivery c...
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Skip Accident Kills Worker Because Of Health And Safety Breaches
Skip Accident Kills Worker Because Of Health And Safety Breaches A UK food supplier has been fined following an accident which killed an employee. The 30-year-old man was working at the food company, in Renfrewshire, Scotland in July 2011 when an unbalanced skip fell on top of him. Initially,...
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Six Figure Settlement For Broken Neck Victim
Six Figure Settlement For Broken Neck Victim A Hertfordshire man hit by a police car responding to an emergency call could claim a six-figure settlement figure if he can overturn a decision made by the courts. The original decision made by the court was that the man, 40, was to blame for the ...
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