| Personal Injury News: Work related deaths at five-year high |
| The Health and Safety Commission has released figures detail the number of employees killed at work have reached a five-year high. The number of people killed in the years 2006-7 was up on the previous year to 241, the biggest loss of life occurred on building sites as fatalities rose by 31% on the previous year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) chairman, Sir Bill Callaghan, said that the number of deaths was unacceptable and the increase on the prior year was a disappointment. “Behind every one of these numbers was a man or a woman, with a life, friends and family,” he added. However, the HSE has been criticised by the TUC for reducing the number of safety inspections as Brendan Barber, the General Secretary of the TUC, said, “Each one of these deaths was preventable Increasing the likelihood of a visit from a safety inspector would make a real difference.” These figures were released the same day the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act achieved royal assent. The aims of the Act are to reduce the number of fatalities in the workplace by making it easier to prosecute organisations for gross negligence in health and safety however the Act has faced a certain amount of criticism for not including company directors as it is believed, by certain members of industry, that by imposing individual responsibilities on company directors would make them more accountable and in turn further assist in reducing the number of deaths. Source: easilyclaim.co.uk  More News:-  Cosmetic Surgery on the Increaseomen have been indulging in cosmetic surgery for decades however an audit carried out by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons details.... Precautions required when removing asbestos, warns HSEhe Health and Safety Executive has reiterated its warning to all companies to ensure correct precautions are taken when dealing with asbestos after a .... Substandard treatment in casualty harms patientsrecent report entitled Emergency Admissions: A journey in the right direction? published by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome an.... Accrual for compensation owed to NHS patients hits £9 billionigures released by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) suggest that an estimated £9.2 billion could be owing to patients who have received substandar.... MP3 players spark compensation worriesesearchers in Canada have suggested that a high number of people, who use MP3 players, may notice a hearing loss sparking fears of a compensation clai.... Injured worker loses legrecycling company has admitted breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 following an inquiry by the Health and Safety Executi.... Criminal injury compensation claim turns out to be a hoaxman has appeared in court charged with perverting the course of justice after he claimed he was attacked with a nail gun. David Russell of Glouceste.... |
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