Aberdeen Personal Injury Blog

Building contractor fined for ignoring safety risks

Posted: November 30, 2012

Posted in: Employer Negligence Workplace Injuries 

A Newquay building contractor has been fined for allowing multiple safety failings at a new-build construction site, exposing workers to serious risk of injury. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that numerous ‘fall from height‘ risks were observed at the site, including unprotected edges in floor-to-ceiling window openings, the lift shaft […]

Businesses urged to kick bad habits to reduce work injuries

Posted: November 27, 2012

Posted in: Workplace Injuries 

The vast majority of workplace accidents in Northern Ireland could be avoided if more employers worked to stamp out bad habits and promote a strong safety culture in their businesses, said a health and safety body. It is estimated that in 80% of workplace accidents, unsafe conduct is a contributory factor – people either adopting […]

Concerns over health & safety in the railway industry

Posted: November 22, 2012

Posted in: Public Transport Workplace Injuries 

The 2012 Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Rail industry conference 2012 has recently taken place, at which concerns were raised about ongoing worker safety. Richard Price, Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) chief executive said: “Health and safety needs to remain at the forefront of everyone’s minds — an unsafe industry can’t be an […]

Road Safety Week launches in Scotland

Posted: November 20, 2012

Posted in: Road Traffic Accidents 

The Scottish Government and Road Safety Scotland (part of Transport Scotland) have launched a campaign to raise awareness with drivers. It aims to illustrate how often unforeseen distractions, and driving at an inappropriate speed for the road conditions, can cause serious car accidents on country roads. In 2011, country roads accounted for 1,050 serious and […]

Care home provider fined after elderly resident died

Posted: November 15, 2012

Posted in: Medical Negligence Neck Injuries Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A South Lanarkshire care home provider has been fined after an elderly resident, Mrs Elizabeth Stevenson, died after breaking her neck in a fall. The company admitted to failing to review and update a risk assessment for Mrs Stevenson and failing to provide adequate care instruction and supervision to their employees engaged in moving and […]

Government must act to save motorcyclists’ lives

Posted: November 13, 2012

Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents 

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is calling on the government to redesign crash barriers to make them more motorcycle-friendly, as new research from Sweden shows that modern crash barriers actually provide no safety benefits whatsoever to motorcyclists. Modern crash barriers are designed to save the lives of drivers, but hitting a crash barrier is […]

Committee calls for tighter safety on medical implants

Posted: November 8, 2012

Posted in: Medical Negligence Negligent Cosmetic Surgery 

EU regulations on the safety of medical implants — such as metal-on-metal hip replacements — must be urgently tightened. This in response to evidence that manufacturers are seeking approval for devices in Member States with the least stringent regulatory regimes, MPs have warned in a recent report. Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, Andrew […]

Proposed exemptions send wrong message on workplace health and safety

Posted: November 7, 2012

Posted in: Industrial Deafness and Disease Workplace Injuries 

A professional body has criticised proposals to exempt self-employed workers from health and safety laws and to scale down the number of workplace accidents that employers should report. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has submitted evidence to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), urging the regulator to retain current requirements on the […]

New figures published for workplace ill-health and injury

Posted: November 1, 2012

Posted in: Industrial Deafness and Disease Workplace Injuries 

Recently published figures have shown slight falls in a number of key areas of workplace ill-health and injury. The provisional statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive show that in Britain between April 2011 and March 2012: 22,433 major injuries such as amputations, fractures, and burns to employees were reported — a rate of […]

GPs incorrectly diagnosing work-related asthma

Posted: October 29, 2012

Posted in: Industrial Deafness and Disease Medical Negligence 

Recent research from the University of Birmingham has found that GPs are often failing to correctly diagnose work related asthma in patients. One in ten cases of adult asthma are caused by work related factors, but the research found that GPs are not correctly identifying this in around 75% of patients. According to the research, […]