Midfielder Takes Legal Action Against Club Following Training Ground Injury
St Mirren midfielder John McGinn is taking legal action against his former club following a training ground prank that saw him seriously injured. The 20-year-old midfielder was spiked in the leg by a training pole after it was thrown at him at a training session at club’s training ground in April. McGinn fell over a training pole before […]
Cutting Down Dangers for HGV Drivers in Scotland
Improving the safety of transport workers has been a recent priority for the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Through a series of live demonstrations, arranged by IOSH’s Food and Drink and Retail and Distribution groups, the organisation highlighted the hazards faced by HGV drivers and other working in the transport sector, with a specific focus […]
How Many People in the UK are Killed at Work Each Year?
According to new figures recently published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), between April 2013 and March 2014, 133 people in Britain died in workplace accidents – 17 less than the previous year, 42 less than 2010/11, 46 less than 2008/09 and the lowest number since records began. With the number of fatal injuries now at 133, the […]
Firm fined after reversing lorry crushes worker
A Dartford firm has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when he was crushed by a reversing lorry at the KBC Logistics depot in Essex. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), prosecuting, told Basildon Magistrates’ Court that driver Leslaw Chorazak, 54, was waiting to take his place at the wheel of the articulated […]
Company fined after worker loses part of leg
A national malt company, Pauls Malt Limited, has been fined after a worker had to have the lower part of his left leg amputated, when he became entangled in machinery inside a grain silo. His right leg was also badly broken and is still held together by plates and pins. An investigation by the Health […]
