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Articles from our blog relating to accidents at work.
‘Tis the season for parties and celebration – and, for many, this includes a work-organised Christmas event. A work Christmas event is something that many employees look forward to and is a great way to celebrate the end of the year with colleagues and keep morale up in the often busy run up to Christmas. …
On 03 May 2012, 33-year-old Sandy Haining died as the result of an accident at work. He lost control of a quad bike, which he was manoeuvring at his employer’s garage premises in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, colliding with a wall. There were no direct witnesses to the circumstances of the accident. At the time of his …
An accident at work can have devastating consequences for you and your family. Unfortunately, serious – even fatal – workplace accidents are as possible in Moray as elsewhere and it’s a sobering thought that your life might be changed forever by injuries sustained just because you went to work.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issues a weekly bulletin summarising reports of prosecutions of employers following accidents at work. All areas of the UK are represented. The bulletin for 15 March 2015 contained a report of an injury to a Polish worker employed by Macduff Shipyards Limited. In our experience, the significant number of …
