Polski Dzial Construction Worker Injured After Fall from Height
A construction firm has appeared in court on health and safety charges after a worker was seriously injured when he fell approximately two and a half metres. Taunton Magistrates’ Court heard how the employee was working at height on a construction site in Taunton. He was working on installing formwork panels but these panels suddenly […]
Oil Plant Operator Sentenced Over Safety Failure
The operators of the Grangemouth Oil Refinery have been sentenced for safety failings relating to an incident in which a worker was injured at the plant. The employee was carrying out a cleaning operation on a vent pipe, and while opening a vent valve on a walkway 25 meters above ground, was sprayed in the […]
Too Many Passengers Die in Teen Driver Crashes
Recent analysis by the RAC Foundation has revealed that in 2013, as many as 234 teenage car passengers were killed or seriously injured when the young driver (17-19) they were travelling with was involved in a crash. This is more than four each week. When casualties of all severities are included, the annual figure apparently […]
Irish Personal Injury Claims Stabilise
The Irish Injuries Board has published its Annual Review for 2014, which shows that the volume of personal injury claims submitted to the Board during the year have stabilised. In 2014, the Board received 31,576 new claims, a marginal 1% increase on 2013 claim volumes (31,311) and a slowing down of the 6% increase recorded […]
Compensation agreed for fatal car crash
Car manufacturer Toyota has agreed to pay compensation to the family of an American couple who died when their Toyota Camry hit a wall, reports the BBC. The family claimed in their wrongful death suit that the accident was caused by a fault in the car which caused it to suddenly accelerate out with the […]
Injuriesboard.ie publishes interim report for 2012
InjuriesBoard.ie has released details of its work in the first six months of 2012. Data for the period shows a gradual but consistent increase (4.1%) in claims volumes compared to the same period in 2011. The period also saw the emergence of issue-specific claims linked to Thalidomide and De Puy hip replacements. In the six […]
Road casualties lowest ever recorded
The lowest ever recorded figures for road casualties in Scotland have been published, according to Minister for Transport Keith Brown. The latest figures for 2011 show road casualties are 4% lower than in 2010, and include an 11% drop in fatalities over the same period. Mr Brown said: “We in the Scottish Government are very […]
Study of Medical Negligence Claiming in Scotland
The Scottish Government has recently published its study into the current system for medical negligence claiming in Scotland. The study was commissioned to inform the work of the No-fault Compensation Review Group which was established in 2009 to consider the potential benefits to patients of the introduction of a no-fault compensation scheme for medical negligence […]
Government must act over new workplace cancer study
The TUC has called for urgent action from the government to deal with the huge death toll from work-related cancer as research is published in the British Journal of Cancer Supplement into the incidence of cancers caused by work. The study was was funded by the Health and Safety Executive, and found that every year […]
Road Safety Week
Young people who have lost loved ones in devastating young driver crashes are calling for action to tackle the biggest killer of people their age at the launch of Road Safety Week, coordinated by the charity Brake. Their calls are in response to a UK survey of 8,110 young people by Brake and QBE Insurance, […]