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Significant Decline in Safety Inspections on Construction Sites

New figures have revealed that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) significantly reduced the number of unannounced visits to construction sites in the last year with a 55% drop in the number of...

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Aberdeen Oil Worker Suffers Eye Injury Offshore

An oil worker operating offshore has been airlifted to hospital after suffering an eye injury 125 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.The worker was flown to Balmoral but was able to walk to the ambulance...

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Experts Praise New Concussion Blood Test but Warn of Consequences

A new blood test has been found to be able to detect concussions a week after a head injury with the process testing for substances that are only produced in the bloodstream following a blow to the...

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Injured in the Workplace? When Can You Make a Claim?

It was revealed that this week, the production company behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was facing legal action following a breach of health and safety law that saw actor Harrison Ford break his...

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Teachers Paid £300,000 Following Workplace Injuries

Scottish teachers and lecturers were awarded £290,000 in compensation in the last year following injuries and accidents in the workplace. One teacher was awarded £150,000 following a slip outside of a...

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Roofer Severely Injured as a Result of Health and Safety Failings

A roofer has been sentenced and fined £8,000 after safety failings that led to one worker falling off of a roof and suffering life changing injuries.Brian Honeyman is expected to spend the rest of his...

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Most Common Injury Claims in the UK: How can you make a Claim?

There are a number of personal injury claims made in the UK each year with thousands of people injured on the roads, in public or work each year. However, despite injuries being so common, many people...

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Baxters Must Improve Safety At Moray Factory

Food giants Baxters have been told by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that they must improve safety for workers at their factory in Moray. Inspectors from the HSE found the firm had not taken...

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Oil Company Served Improvement Notice From HSE

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have served Maersk Oil with an improvement notice after an inspection from HSE officials found that safety orders were outstanding on a vessel.The offloading...

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Asbestos Still a Major Killer in Workplaces

As mentioned in last weeks blog, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have released their provisional statistics regarding the number of deaths in the workplace, with the number of deaths rising slightly...

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