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Forklift Truck Accidents In The News
Forklift Truck Accidents In The News Two recent forklift truck accidents which made the news have added to mounting concern over the safety of the vehicles in the workplace. Woman Trapped Underneath A Forklift Truck One story involved a woman who became trapped under a forklift truck while she...
Read MoreForklift Truck Accident Causes Major Crushing Injuries For Skip Hire Worker
Forklift Truck Accident Causes Major Crushing Injuries For Skip Hire Worker A worker from Merseyside was rushed to intensive care following crushing injuries caused by a forklift truck. The skip worker who has not been named is said to be in his twenties. His injuries are reported to involve ...
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Footballer’s Daughter Supports Crusade To Prevent Incompetent Plastic Surgeons From Operating
Footballer's Daughter Supports Crusade To Prevent Incompetent Plastic Surgeons From Operating The former professional footballer, Colin Hendry and his daughter Rheagan are backing a national newspaper campaign to rid the medical professional of surgeons unfit to work. The campaign, launched b...
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Flea Bite At Police Station Injury Compensation Payout
Flea Bite At Police Station Injury Compensation Payout A West Midlands Police officer has received £8,000 in compensation following a flea bite acquired at a local police station. The recipient says that his place of work was infested with fleas at the time. The news of the claim comes in the...
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Five Interesting Facts About Asbestos
Five Interesting Facts About Asbestos In the last decade, we have heard lots and lots about asbestos and the harmful effects it has on us, and in particular, those people who have worked with asbestos in the past. Although there are understandably many negative connotations to do with asbesto...
Read MoreFertiliser Company Failed To Check For Asbestos
Fertiliser Company Failed To Check For Asbestos A company from Ellesmere Port has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for not complying with asbestos guidelines. The fertiliser company was fined £60k after asbestos was discovered by a worker during the refurbishment of a buildi...
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Father Dies In Combine Harvester Farming Accident
Father Dies In Combine Harvester Farming Accident A 39-year-old father of one has died in a farming accident in Northern Scotland after he was dragged into a combine harvester. The man suffered severe head injuries when his body was caught up in the machinery of the Class Lexion 460 last week...
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Fatal Road Traffic Accident For Two Motorcyclists
Fatal Road Traffic Accident For Two Motorcyclists A motor accident in Birmingham has left two bikers seriously injured and one pedestrian dead. The accident, which involved a motorcycle colliding with a pedestrian, has been described as ‘horrific’ and resulted in a pedestrian suffering a card...
Read MoreFatal Motorway Accidents Have Dipped Say DfT
Fatal Motorway Accidents Have Dipped Say DfT Recent statistics published by the Department of Transport have revealed a drop in fatal motorway accidents. According to the figures, there has been a fall of 42% since 2005-2009. It also came to light in the report that there were more fatalities...
Read MoreFarming Fatality Results In Record Fine For Company
Farming Fatality Results In Record Fine For Company A Northern Ireland farming company has been fined £187,500 and will have to pay £13,000 costs following the tragic death of a young farm worker in Tynan, County Armagh. The victim had been working on a pig farm in November 2010 when he was h...
Read MoreFarming Accident Kills Teenager
Farming Accident Kills Teenager A farming accident has killed a teenager in Cork after he fell off a tractor and sustained serious head injuries. The boy has been named as 14-year-old Michael Murphy who was working for a local agriculture company at the time. The boy was a passenger in a t...
Read MoreFarming Accident Injures Worker
Farming Accident Injures Worker A woman was so severely injured in a farming accident in Teeside, she has not been able to work since the incident in June last year. The woman's injuries including a broken leg, a crushed ankle and two skull fractures mean that it is unlikely she will be retur...
Read MoreFarm Workers Get Compensation After Horrific Leg Injury
Farm Worker Gets Compensation After Horrific Leg Injury A 34-year-old woman who suffered a dreadful industrial injury on a farm in Perth in October 2011 has received leg injury compensation from the billionaire landowners. The woman's leg became trapped in machinery inside a building on the f...
Read MoreFarm Safety Focus In Northern Ireland
Farm Safety Focus In Northern Ireland Following a tragic year in farming accidents, there has been a call from Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive to make the coming year safer than ever. Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland’s CEO, Keith Morrison, said that he wants everyon...
Read MoreFamily Searches For Answers In Asbestos Case
Family Searches For Answers In Asbestos Case A family has begun a search for former work colleagues of their relative who died of asbestos-related lung cancer. The male relative worked as a sand mixer at a company in Derby for 23 years and it is believed he was exposed to asbestos while emplo...
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Family Pursues Medical Negligence Claim After Fatal Hospital Fall
Family Pursues Medical Negligence Claim After Fatal Hospital Fall An inquest has concluded that a man who had a fall in hospital died because of his injuries the fall caused. The elderly man had suffered historically from falls and imbalance and had been admitted to hospital for treatment bec...
Read MoreExperts Plea For More Studies To Be Done On Mesothelioma
Experts Plea For More Studies To Be Done On Mesothelioma The number of people suffering from asbestos-related illness, mesothelioma, is rising according to medical experts. The news has prompted scientists to ask for more research to be done and that more money from the insurance industry is ...
Read MoreEssex Is Mesothelioma Hotspot Says Survey
Essex Is Mesothelioma Hotspot, Says Survey A new survey has revealed the areas of the UK where asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma, is most prevalent. The study, which was carried out by the Small Area Statistics Health Unit, shows that Essex is a hotspot for the deadly disease with hi...
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Engineer Sustains Serious Injury At Work
Engineer Sustains Serious Injury At Work An engineer from Scotland who was injured while working on a pressure testing device has seen the company he worked for fined £40,000. Injured Whilst Working At Oil Company The 33-year-old man was working at the company in West Lothian when the accident...
Read MoreEmployee Engulfed In Flames In Accident At Work At Lancashire Firm
Employee Engulfed In Flames In Accident At Work At Lancashire Firm A worker at a vehicle salvage company in Chorley suffered severe burns when the inspection pit he was working in erupted into flames. The employee was inspecting a van in a pit at the workshop when the blaze began at Douglas V...
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