According to Headway, the brain injury charity, one million people attend accident and emergency departments each year having suffered a physical trauma to the head; that is one in 65 people. Many of those one million people will get to go home with a headache or mild...
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Racking up the risks to worker safety – the dangers of warehouses
There is little doubt that Amazon has become synonymous with large-scale warehousing. In the UK alone, there are 16 fulfilment centres, with more planned for 2018. The scale of such warehouses is almost unfathomable; Amazon’s Dunfermline warehouse in Scotland, one of...
Providing evidence for workplace accident claims
For anyone considering making a claim for compensation following a workplace accident or injury, proving that your employer was liable will be vital to the success of your case. In the following article, we will outline the main items of evidence that are necessary to...
Cold stress – the risks to workers of extreme cold
With the recent ‘Beast from the East’ and it’s smaller sibling, ‘Mini Beast from the East’, Britain is dealing has coped with the freezing temperatures and snow in the only way it knows how – that is, not very well. Our fellow Europeans had it even worse, with...
Spinal injuries at work – their causes, effects, and long-term implications.
Have you ever stopped to think about your spinal cord? What does it look like? What is it made up of? And what happens if it becomes injured? In this article, we will answer these questions, and delve into the health and practical implications for those who incur...
A roundup of high-profile workplace injury compensation claims from the last year
Man who lost fingers in a workplace accident receives a six-figure damage award 2017 saw the conclusion of a high-value workplace compensation case, which had occurred three years earlier. In 2014, the worker had been using a saw, when his hand was pulled back into...
Have you been injured due to the negligence of another worker?
On 18th January 2016, Fraser Rowland was delivering roof trusses to a site in Northumberland. During his delivery, some of the heavy trusses fell from the lorry directly onto some of the site workers. Paul Rowley, a labourer at the site heroically tried to...
When gravity bites – falling objects in the workplace
The force of gravity is something we all take for granted; but do you know what would happen if it suddenly switched off? According to Jolene Creighton, writing for the website ‘Futurism.com’, everything that is not attached to the earth would literally float...
“Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone”
Those that remember the 1999 Baz Luhrmann song, ‘Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen’, may recall the sage advice it offered; “be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone”. Our hips, knees, and legs take a great deal of impact over our lifetime. Estimates...
Leave the fireworks to the experts – explosions in the workplace
Industrial explosions, and the resulting fire and/or blast damage can be hugely damaging not only to people but also to the ability of a business to continue operation. Any risk of explosion that is not spotted or managed could cause significant and long-term impacts...
