November 19th, 2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers to adhere to safety regulations to ensure the safety of their workforce.
Its advice comes after the prosecution of Knauf, a Kent plasterboard company, following an incident in which a man was hurt.
The unnamed employee was cleaning the rollers of a plasterboard machine with the guard off when he became trapped.
He suffered a serious injury to his hand and HSE inspector Jan Combs said the accident could have been prevented.
"If a proper health and safety risk assessment had been carried out and acted upon this incident could have been avoided. [Knauf] ignored basic health and safety rules," she remarked.
The firm was prosecuted for breaches of the health and safety regulations and was fined for its actions.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, six million working days were lost to injuries in 2007-08, with 299,000 reportable injuries occurring.
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November 17th, 2008
A man who had to have his arm amputated following an accident in his workplace could be in line for a large compensation payout.
Cafer Sonmez, 55, was working at Kebabery Wholesale in 2004 when a meat mixing machine he was cleaning crushed his right arm, the Hackney Gazette reports.
The damage was so severe that he had to have the limb amputated.
In a new development, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth has now ruled that Mr Sonmez’s employers were 80 per cent to blame for the incident and that they should have taken more care to ensure that health and safety regulations were adhered to.
A claim for damages will now be assessed and ruled upon at a later date, if an out-of-court settlement is not reached in the meantime.
According to the Health and Safety Executive, six million working days were lost to injuries in 2007-08, with 299,000 reportable injuries occurring.
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June 24th, 2008
The number of work-related deaths in the UK is twice the number of murders, it has been claimed.
A study by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies found that around 1,300 people die at work every year, compared to the 765 people who are killed in acts of violence.
Dr David White, author of the report, commented: "In many ways these crimes are more premeditated. They have the opportunity to plan and prevent these deaths."
He also said described bosses as "cold-blooded", describing many incidences of corporate manslaughter as "more planned than street murders".
Researchers say the 1,000 drivers’ deaths and 120 members of the public killed in work-related accidents is greater than the national murder rate.
According to data from the Health and Safety Executive, 241 workers were killed at work last year. Meanwhile, the Labour Force Survey found that 274,000 reportable injuries occurred – a rate of 1,000 per 100,000 workers.
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