Hand injury on submarine
A submarine maintenance company has been prosecuted after 19 year-old labourer crushed his hand while working on a submarine refit at Devonport Dockyard. The 19 year-old worker working for Thales…
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Falling tyres injure worker
A teenager was seriously injured when a stack of tyres at a Burton-on-Trent tyre collection and recycling company fell on to him. Lewis Peach, 19, had to be airlifted to hospital…
Good Ergonomics
Ergonomics is a bit like the weather, everyone talks about it, thinks they understand it, but no one knows what to do about it. It is one of those fancy…
Firm ignored safety warning
If safety warnings had been followed an inexperienced worker could have been saved from a fall through the roof of a pig shed. The incident happened on 23 July 2012…
Costs of Safety
I learned why front-line managers have to be concerned about safety in the school of hard knocks. That’s what Scoggily Vitchum from Detroit Michigan USA told SafetyWorld. I was promoted…
