IAM Calls for Action over Pedestrian Injuries
Around 18,000 pedestrians were injured in an accident involving a vehicle in the last full year, according to new analysis by road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The charity is calling for an even greater focus on pedestrian protection to make cars safer and raise awareness of the risks. The figures come from a […]
Calls for More Action to Save Young Drivers’ Lives
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has called on the newly-elected Government to commit to the safety of young drivers. The safety charity is lobbying ministers to agree to a Green Paper on young drivers in a bid to save the hundreds of 17-24 year olds who are killed or seriously injured on the […]
Scottish Firm Fined after Agency Worker Injured
A Forfar metal galvanising company has appeared in court over serious leg injuries sustained by an agency worker when a half-tonne A-frame slipped and fell onto him from a forklift truck. Robert Ramsey had been helping colleagues move the large A-frame, which measured 3.82 metres by 1.6 metres and weighed almost half a tonne. The A-frame was […]
Construction Sites Failing to Protect Workers
Health and safety at construction sites continues to be a cause for concern after a national targeted inspection focusing on health risks for construction workers saw enforcement action taken at one in six of the sites that were visited. During a concentrated two-week period of proactive inspections, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) demanded improvements, and in […]
New care home fire safety guide
Important new guidance aimed at reducing the risk of fire in Scotland’s care homes has been launched that is designed to assist care home owners and staff to fulfil their fire safety duties. It follows the tragic fire at Rosepark Care Home in Uddingston which claimed the lives of 14 residents and demonstrated the importance of fire […]
European Road Safety Day
European Road Safety Day took place on 6th May and its theme this year was “pedestrian road safety”. Of the 30,000 people killed on European roads per year (28,000 in 2012), on average 21% are pedestrians, 7% are cyclists and 18% are riders of motorcycles and mopeds. Around 70% of the pedestrians who die are […]
TUC launches updated workplace safety guide
The latest edition of the TUC’s safety publication ‘Hazards at Work’ has been published amid growing concerns over cuts to workplace safety inspections. The guide, now in its 30th year, warns of a ‘hostile’ political climate to health and safety that has resulted in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) being prevented from making proactive […]
Attorney General to apply for fresh inquests for Hillsborough victims
The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP, has announced that although his consideration of the evidence is not complete, he has made the decision to apply to the High Court to quash the inquest verdicts of the 96 victims and order fresh inquests. He will now write to the families of the victims to give […]
Essex truck firm in court over life-changing injuries
An Essex firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees suffered life-changing injuries when he fell from a stepladder while spray-painting a lorry. The 51-year-old man shattered his left shoulder and collar bone, broke several ribs and received a deep cut to his head in the fall. The company was prosecuted by the […]
Reported road casualties in Great Britain
The Department of Transport has published detailed statistics on traffic related personal injury accidents in 2011. Key findings from the report include:
