Scaffolding has made the construction what it is today. Without this everyday framework of pipes and connectors, reaching heights safely for the purposes of putting up buildings would be impossible. But not all scaffolding is the same. In Hong Kong, scaffolding has...
Russell Worth Personal Injury Blog:
Work Accidents
Russell Worth Personal Injury Blog:
Work Accidents
The ten most common workplace injuries
Workplace injuries, both fatal and non-fatal have been declining year on year since the start of the millennium. However, while still reducing, there has been a definite levelling off in recent years. In 2016 – 2017, according to analysis from Reporting of Injuries,...
Ensuring Your Safety – Defective Work Equipment
Whether just a chair with a loose wheel or an expensive and complex lathe with a defective guard, the consequences of even the slightest defect can be truly devastating for an employee. In this article, we will discuss the duty of care of those responsible for...
Workplace Accidents and Traumatic Brain Injury
According to Headway, an advocacy group for people suffering from brain injuries, a person in the UK is admitted to hospital every three minutes following a head injury. Some will make a quick recovery, others will have theirs, and their family’s life turned upside...
Suffered An Injury At Work? Here’s What To Do
If you have been injured at work or witness someone else being injured, the steps you take as soon as the accident occurs may determine your recovery (or theirs), and whether compensation can be claimed. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), around...
Be Kind To Your Knees
“Be kind to your knees; you’ll miss them when they’re gone.” The words from the 1999 song “Wear Sunscreen” were a poignant reminder that our knees are something too many of us take for granted and yet are so easily damaged, leading to loss of mobility and freedom. In...
“The Horror, The Horror” – Claims For Psychiatric Injury For Witnesses To Workplace Accidents
Joseph Conrad’s famous line, “the horror, the horror” from The Heart of Darkness, still has the power to chill readers of the short novel to the bone. Fortunately, most of us will never experience truly shocking events that will scorch their way into our brain and...
Catch Me I’m Falling – Workplace Falls And Compensation Claims
Have you ever had a dream that you were falling? If you have, you will know that even in dreams, the sensation of falling is not pleasant. It is even more frightening if you suffer a serious injury due to a fall at work; and if that fall is caused by circumstances...
(Not So) Good Vibrations – Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome and Carpel Tunnel
If you do not work in the industrial sector around vibrating hand-held machinery it is likely that you have never heard of Vibration White Finger, or Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome; (HAVS) as it is commonly known. However, this condition, which affects thousands of...
Is your workplace a safe place?
If you have been injured as a result of an accident in the workplace which was not your fault, you may be entitled to claim compensation for personal injury. This article looks at the latest figures (relating to the year 2015-2016) published by the Health and Safety...
