Polski Dzial Hand Injuries Prove Life-Changing for Workers
Injuries to the fingers and hands are some of the most common injuries sustained in the workplace, particular for those working with machinery. In addition to being very painful, the nature of hand injuries mean they can often have life-changing consequences for the workers concerned, which makes it even more tragic that many of these […]
Scottish Company Fined after Worker Seriously Injured
A Scottish construction company has appeared in Dundee Sheriff Court on health and safety charges after a worker was injured in a trench collapse. The 43-year-old was working on a house renovation project in Falkland. A trench was being dug with an excavator to help connect the drainage system of the old property with a […]
Fatal Accidents in the Waste and Recycling Sector
The waste industry can be a hazardous sector to work in, with 5% of workers sustaining a non-fatal work-related injury every year, and a further 5% developing an illness they believe to be work-related. In the last five years, Health and Safety Executive figures show that 30 waste industry workers lost their lives at work, […]
HSE Reports on Fatal Accidents at Work
The latest figures available from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that in 2014/15, 76,054 non-fatal injuries to employees were reported, and tragically a further 142 workers were killed during the course of their work. In many cases of fatalities at work, the deaths were preventable and were the result in part of failings […]
Glasgow Company Fined for Worker’s Hand Injury
A Glasgow printing and packaging company has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was severely injured in machinery. The long-serving employee suffered the injury when his right hand was pulled into an embossing and foiling machine he was working on. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard he was attempting to prevent the machine from jamming when his […]
Manufacturer in Court after Worker Injured
A manufacturing firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his hand was caught on the moving parts of a lathe at an Ayrshire factory. Gordon Campbell suffered cuts and tendon damage to his right hand in the incident in Irvine and required surgery to repair the damage. He […]
Food Firm in Court over Worker’s Hand Injury
A leading Scottish food manufacturer has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his hand was caught between a conveyor belt and roller. Kayode Ezekiel Ogundele was working on a newly-installed line as a general operative carrying out a range of tasks, including removing the cases of product, when his […]
Manufacturer in Court over Worker’s Arm Injury
A manufacturing firm has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was injured when his arm was caught between a conveyor belt and roller in a Glasgow factory. Gordon Blackwood suffered a compound fracture to his wrist and tendon damage to two fingers in the incident in Springburn in August 2012. He had […]
Appeal to Scottish Employers on Workplace Safety
The Health and Safety Executive is marking its 40th anniversary with an appeal for Scottish businesses and self-employed workers to make wellbeing and safety their top priority for the new financial year. The call comes as new figures show that 20 people lost their lives while at work across the country in 2013/14 and 6,871 […]
EC Publishes Safety at Work Framework
The European Commission (EC) has recently set out its plans to better protect the more than 217 million workers in the EU from work-related accidents and diseases. The Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014 – 2020 identifies the key challenges facing workplace safety and sets out proposed actions to tackle these challenges. […]