Polski Dzial Calls for greater progress in reducing road deaths
Transport safety campaigners are calling on the European Union to accelerate progress in reducing the number of people killed in cars every year in the EU, as new research shows 12,345 car occupants were fatally injured in 2012. The report into trends in car occupant safety, published by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), found […]
Scottish road casualty figures reach record low
Statistics recently published by Transport Scotland have revealed that road casualties in Scotland have fallen to their lowest level on record. The figures for 2012 show overall casualties are down 1% on last year’s previous record low and down 34% on 2002 data. The number of fatalities on Scotland’s roads is down 6% on last […]
Council adopts directive on safety of offshore oil and gas operations
The Council of the European Union has adopted a directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations. The new regulatory framework aims at reducing the occurrence of major accidents related to offshore oil and gas operations and to limit their consequences. It establishes minimum conditions for safe offshore exploration and exploitation and improves […]
Gross negligence manslaughter charge
The Crown Prosecution Service in England has announced that gross negligence manslaughter charges are to be brought following the death of a cricket ground worker. Philip Carsley died on 8th February 2010 when a concrete wall fell on him during the construction of two new spectator stands at the Rose Bowl, now the Ageas Bowl, […]
Fine for company after workers flee whisky fire
A major scotch whisky manufacturer has been fined after two workers had to flee a warehouse fire. Glasgow Sheriff Court was told at an earlier hearing that two workers were filling casks in a warehouse when the incident happened. After filling four of them, one worker felt the hose he was using relax then heard […]
Compensation awarded for clinical trial death
The family of a man who died while taking part in a clinical trial has been awarded an undisclosed amount in compensation, reports Orange News. Luigi Belcuore underwent surgery at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry in 2009, as part of a trial of a new medical procedure to treat knee cartilage […]
Legal loopholes put workers at risk of injury
Injuries inflicted with needles and other sharp instruments in the healthcare sector could be avoided if regulatory loopholes were closed, campaigners have claimed. In response to a consultation, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has called on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) not to water down but to implement in full a European […]
Safer vehicles through international harmonisation
The European Commission has reached agreement with international partners on new internationally harmonised rules on Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) and Lane Departure Warning Systems (LDWS) for commercial vehicles. The inclusion of these measures in the United Nations’ International Agreement on vehicle construction will ensure that the same requirements are adopted not only by Europe, […]
Bill to close legal loophole on partnerships
A Bill designed to close the legal loophole allowing partnerships to evade prosecution by dissolving, as happened in the Rosepark fire in Uddingston, has been introduced to the House of Lords by the Advocate General for Scotland Lord Wallace of Tankerness. The House of Lords gave the Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill its First Reading at […]
Lighter nights could help cut road deaths
Lighter nights all year round could help to arrest the rising number of road deaths, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). As the clocks go back, marking the end of British Summer Time, RoSPA has highlighted how an extra hour of evening daylight across the UK could help to significantly […]