Over a quarter of serious injuries takes place in the office
Men are more likely than women to suffer from an injury at work.
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Tag: Injury
Back pain causing 3 million people to take time off work
Back pain is resulting in three million people taking long-term sick leave from work according to Nuffield Health. Lack of provision and advice in the workplace are the key issues employees say they face.
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More workers ‘risk injury and death’ due to Health and Safety changes
The TUC is warning today (Monday) on Workers’ Memorial Day that the government’s persistent...
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Work injury compensation claims fall 50% over last decade
Workplace compensation cases have fallen by more than 50 per cent in the last decade, reveals a...
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Louise Ryan: Limiting workplace risks amid changes to first aid
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has made some significant amendments to the way businesses...
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Worker suffers life changing injuries after being hit by falling machinery
A Hereford company that produces nickel alloys has been fined after an employee suffered...
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Vending machine firm fined after employee falls through roof
An employee at a vending machine supplier in Skelmersdale was lucky to escape with minor injuries...
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Essex nursery fined after overturned dumper injures worker
An Essex horticultural nursery has been fined after a worker suffered serious leg injuries when a...
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Company fined £81,668 over worker’s severe injuries
A company had been ordered to pay £81,668 after a young worker was severely injured when her hair...
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Company fined after unstable lorry topples over and injures worker
A worker unloading scaffold materials from a flatbed lorry was thrown from the vehicle and hit by...
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Steel firm sentenced following worker’s drilling injuries
A Preston steel firm has been sentenced after one of its employees suffered serious internal...
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Lawyer crushed by half-tonne window frame
A half-tonne window frame which crushed a lawyer in central London was propped up against a wall,...
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Flawed protective measures led to workers’ crush injuries
A Romsey brick-making firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees suffered crush injuries...
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Company fined after employee injured from fall
A company which makes modular timber buildings has been fined after an employee suffered multiple...
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Dumfries and Galloway Council fined over safety failure
A council has been fined £40,000 on a charge of failing to ensure a safe system of work for...
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Workers took life-threatening risks on sloping roof
Three workers could have been killed if they had fallen while carrying out work to a warehouse...
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