A digger driver has been hurt at the site of a construction project in Plymouth, Devon.
Emergency services at currently at Thorn Park off Mannamead Road where building work was being done at a private house.
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Digger driver trapped under machine by falling wall
Posted 01-03-2012
RAIB Report: Station overrun incident at Stonegate, East Sussex
Posted 24-11-2011
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into an overrun incident at Stonegate on 8 November 2010.
Report Summary:
"Shortly after 08:00 hrs on Monday 8 November 2010, a passenger train running from London Charing Cross to Hastings failed to stop at Stonegate station in …
Maine worker injured by exploding forklift tyre
Posted 12-10-2011
Colleagues say that a Bath Iron Works maintenance worker, who was injured around 1pm on Monday afternoon while changing a tyre, made it through surgery and is in stable condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
The Kennebec Journal has further details...
Twelve people hurt in fall on zombie movie set
Posted 11-10-2011
A dozen actors dressed as zombies for their roles in Resident Evil 5 suffered broken bones and other injures this morning after falling from a platform on the film set.
The victims fell from a height of about two storeys.
They received injuries to their legs, arms and back, but none were considered…
RAIB report - bridge strike and road vehicle incursion onto the roof of a passing train near Oxshott station
Posted 20-09-2011
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) today released its report (click for full report) into a bridge strike and road vehicle incursion onto the roof of a passing train near Oxshott station, 5 November 2010.
On Friday 5 November 2010, a lorry fell from the A244 (Warren Lane) road bridge whic…
Forklift guidance
Posted 19-08-2011
Following news of a man being killed in a forklift incident, it's worth pointing out that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides valuable advice for anyone making use of forklift trucks in the workplace.
The HSE's free-to-download guidance 'Safety in working with lift trucks' states that th…
Agriculture case studies – children on farms
Posted 21-07-2011
Agriculture has one of the highest fatal accident rates of any industry in the UK. It is also the only high-risk industry that has to deal with the constant presence of children. Farms are homes as well as workplaces.
Visitors to the countryside, many of them children, are often present whilst work …
Nuclear Accidents
Posted 12-04-2011
Japan has raised the severity of its nuclear crisis from level 5 to the highest level (level 7), describing it at a "major accident" and putting it on a par with the Chernobyl disaster. Whilst reporting this, The Telegraph (click to view full article) has also included details of previous incident…
Workers affected in chemical incident
Posted 30-03-2011
Three workers at the premises of Sealine International in Kidderminster experienced breathing difficulties, following a chemical spill.
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service stated that the spill is thought to have been caused by two liquids (Styrene Monomer and Butanox) reacting inside a dr…
Theme park company fined for saw blade injury
Posted 28-03-2011
Parkware Ltd has been fined after a worker injured his hand on a rotating saw blade.
Steven Gardiner was cutting up sheets of plywood at Loudoun Castle Theme Park when his right hand slipped forward and came into contact with the blade. He underwent a six hour bone graft operation to save his finger…
Wimbledon carpenters fined for risking employees' safety
Posted 21-02-2011
Pentcroft Ltd have been fined after their lack of safety precautions were found to 'consistently put the health and safety of its workers at risk'.
The company was found guilty of breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay …
Worker's fingers severed - firm fined £5,000
Posted 15-02-2011
Linpac Packaging Ltd has been sentenced after a worker's fingers were severed while trying to clear a jam in a machine on 13 March 2010.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was fined £5,000 and ordered to p…
County Limerick farmer killed in workplace accident
Posted 31-01-2011
John Halpin, a 72-year-old father of three, was struck by farm machinery and pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
Read more at the Limerick Leader.
Scissor lift safety warning following fatal overturns
Posted 17-01-2011
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is advising users of certain types of scissor lifts to make daily safety checks after five people were killed in three separate incidents when they overturned.
The HSE warns those who use, or lease out, JLG 500RTS and 400 RTS scissor lifts, to ensure checks ar…
Health and Safety News - 16 April 2010
Posted 16-04-2010
Man injured in farming accident
A man is in a critical condition following a farming accident when he was working alone on a farm in Derbyshire.
Buncefield depot staff 'not trained properly'
St Albans Crown Court was told that the explosion at the depot on 11 December 2005, happened after vapour fro…
Health and Safety News - 3 March 2010
Posted 03-03-2010
Young builder killed in fall from scaffolding
Justin Gillman, aged 26, is believed to have been pushing a wheel barrow full of bricks on scaffolding on a Chestnut Homes development in Skegness, Linconshire when he fell on Friday 26 February 2010.
The fall of six to eight feet, and the bricks…
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