Health And Safety Executive Archives:
A man was visiting a waste recycling centre when he was tragically crushed by a vehicle belonging to the centre. The married father was disposing of garden waste when the vehicle, which was fitted with a shovel, crushed him against a wall causing fatal injuries in the spine and chest. The vehicle was being driven [...]
A 45 year old man, Gerald Dahlstrom, from Cornwall suffered serious injuries when he dragged into a machine at Imerys Minerals Ltd. in Cornwall. Mr Dahlstrom was placing bags of clay onto the conveyor belt that fed the machine and he was pulled into a narrow gap between the belt and another belt above. This [...]
Previously we have covered falling from height and the injuries that can occur along with regulations that should prevent these accidents from happening. In the case of Matthew Dutton these regulations were not adhered to by his employer and he suffered horrendous injuries after a fall from a 4 meter height. Mr Dutton was working [...]
We have previously looked at legislation and training around working at height. But what happens when this is not followed? A 27 year old worker from Lancashire was employed by Tower Hire Services LTD. He was given a job to work on a commercial property roof in Worcester. Whilst conducting this task he stood on [...]
Christmas decorations and lights prove an attraction during the festive season but can cause issues as one recent settlement demonstrates. An Eynesbury Manor woman, Anne Beck, was walking with her friend, Elena Giddins, in the town centre High Street. Mrs Beck was pushing her 7 month old baby son in a pram when seasonal decorations [...]
Statistics from The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for 2009/10 show that ’1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. It was revealed that 555.000 of these were new [...]
