October 31st, 2008
A man who suffered a serious injury to his foot after a colleague reversed over it in a refuse van is to launch a claim for compensation.
Kevin Jobe, 48, was helping the driver, Arturas Jablonkis, to reverse, when he suddenly moved the vehicle back and turned its wheels, Recycling and Waste Management reports.
As a result, Mr Jobe’s foot was crushed against the kerb and he claims he may still have to have it amputated.
A claim has been launched against Veolia Environmental Services, with Mr Jobe alleging that the company failed to train staff properly and did not provide warning of the manoeuvre.
He hopes to claim £150,000 in compensation.
A spokesperson for Veolia Environmental Services said: "Our sympathies are with Mr Jobe for his continued recovery and we take the injuries he suffered extremely seriously. We are therefore working closely with our insurers as the matter continues to be thoroughly investigated.”
According to new statistics from the Health and Safety Executive, over 136,000 workers suffered injuries during 2007-08.
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June 11th, 2008
A Warwickshire hospital has been named and shamed as having the highest number of deaths linked to the superbug Clostridium (C) difficile.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that between 2002 and 2006, a total of 235 people died as a result of infections related to the superbug at George Eliot hospital in Nuneaton, report the Guardian.
Over that period, there were 6,486 deaths related to C difficile, including 233 at Walsgrave hospital in Coventry, 203 at the Royal Infirmary in Leicester and 177 at Birmingham Heartlands hospital in the West Midlands.
Meanwhile, there were 94 deaths caused by MRSA at Derriford hospital in Plymouth.
Graham Turner of the National Concern for Healthcare Infections (NCHI) group said the figures had been underestimated by at least one third.
"It should be remembered that these figures are about real people and our sympathies go out to their families," he said.
NCHI was formed by a group of individuals in response to growing concerns about the safety of patients in UK hospital and the risks posed by healthcare associated infections.
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