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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…
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…
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…
What should I do if I suffer an accident in a public place?
Unfortunately, accidents within the United Kingdom are very common. Read on if you suffered an accident in a public place and are unsure of what to do. Although there are no statistics regarding accidents in public places, it is estimated that over 441,000 employees suffered accidents at work in 2020/21 and there were 122,071…
We encounter many different kinds of accidents that occur in supermarkets and stores in general (either involving employees or customers). It is rare, however, to hear of accidents involving defective escalators. They are usually subject to strict maintenance procedures and stores and shops have a high duty of care to ensure they are safe…
Pressures from Amazon lead to a surge in accidents at work
The manufacturing industry is a field where workers are at a higher risk of sustaining injury, with 34 employees dying through the course of their employment in 2020/2021, a rise of 7 from the previous year. This is the third highest sector, with only construction and agriculture having higher figures. The most common accidents include…
Three-Year-Old Hit By E-Scooter Left With Catastrophic Injuries, Sparking Call For Regulations
On Monday evening a three year old girl was taken to hospital after she was hit by an e scooter in Myatt’s Field Park in South London at around 8:30pm. The hospital described her condition as being stable but her parents were informed that her injuries would be life changing. The Metropolitan Police are…
300kg of glass fell onto a work in Australia resulting in severe injuries to his head and shoulder. It is not yet know how the pane of glass came to fall on the sixty-seven-year-old man. The ambulance crew and a specialist medical team attended the scene and were fast-acting to assist the gentleman. What is…
The cause of the Eastleigh Train Derailment was revealed by Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) after the line reopened and repairs had taken place. Six days of emergency repair works were undertaken after a slow-moving train was derailed in Eastleigh on the 28th of January. The RAIB revealed that the train derailed after travelling at…
