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Accidents and workplace deaths

The recent story of a man in his 40s at the Hinkley Point C construction site serves as a reminder of the dangers posed by construction work.   This article can be read here. As we have many regulations and safeguards in place on construction sites in the UK, it is safe to assume that…

Young workers are more likely to be injured

Experience counts for a great deal in the workplace, but this article from The Safety Mag, a publication in Canada, points out some of the common risks associated with workers under the age of 25.   Here is the article in question. Training can help limit the risk, together with proper instruction in how to…

Working at Heights can have Catastrophic Results

Certain roles carry an inherent risk and working at heights presents obvious challenges in terms of employees’ health and safety.   The HSE website gives clear advice and sets out that, even if a job takes mere minutes, sensible precautions (such as harnesses for example) should be taken. Anyone working at height should be properly…

Injury Prevention Week – Top Tips to avoid Accidents at Work

Top Tips to Avoid Accidents At Work   Every company in the United Kingdom is obligated to keep their staff safe whilst they are at work, failing which their negligence could lead to a compensation claim being made on their insurance policy, an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive or even criminal sanctions being…

Injury Prevention Week – Collisions

APIL’s injury prevention week is focusing on e-scooters this year. We’ve all seen them (and encountered them, no doubt) and it is clear they are a swift way to move within a city without the need for additional vehicles on the road.   However, if in the hands of riders who lack care, they are…

When lack of paperwork proves fatal

The report in the Daily Mail yesterday on an accident at Greenfields Limited in Leicestershire paints a picture of a dreadful fatal accident involving two men at their place of work.   One of them, 19 year old Nathan Walker, was expecting his first child – who was born 15 days after his death. Nathan…

Can Voxel’s AI technology stop accidents from happening at work?

Here in the EL/PL Department, we recently hosted our work experience student Lauren Young.   Lauren assisted Alex with some of her day to day file tasks, observed her discussing cases with clients over the phone and took time to consider a new article outlining what workers in a new company, Voxel, are doing to…

Engineering Company Fined £500,000 Following Death of Employee

Graham Engineering Ltd, based in Nelson, Lancashire has recently been fined £500,000 after their employee was crushed to death on their premises.   On the 21st of May 2018, Colin Willoughby, aged 52, was laid on his back underneath a Hugh Smith hydraulic press as he had been asked to remove a weld from a…

Construction Company Fined £1.5million Following Death of Employee

Teesside Crown Court have recently fined Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd £1.5 million after HSE have found that their negligence led to the death of Keith Poppleton following an incident on the 25th of October 2016.   Mr Poppleton, an electrician, had been sent to repair wiring that was causing a short circuit on the lifting…

Construction Company Receives Heavy Fine and Custodial Sentence Following Accidents At Work  

J Murphy Aggregates Ltd, a construction company based in Pudsey, Leeds, have recently been fined over £100,000 after two of their employees have sustained injuries from serious accidents at work.   The first incident occurred when J Murphy Aggregates Ltd employed James Duggan to use a tracked excavator. Mr Duggan held a Construction Plant Competence…