Different Types of Accidents at Work

No matter what type of environment your workplace is there are plenty of potential risks. Some accidents can happen from a mistake on your part, something someone else has or hasn’t done or from a completely random chain of events. Here is a list of some of the most common causes for suffering an accident at work.

Another Old Fashioned Safety Poster

Following on from yesterdays poster highlighting the need for eye protection to reduce the chances of an accident at work, I thought I’d share a similar one regarding road safety.

Fresh Eating Bacteria Injury

A girl in America suffered a personal injury out kayaking which resulted in her catching a flesh eating bug which has meant she has had to have one leg amputated. The 24 year old was out enjoying the outdoors when she stopped to have a go on a homemade zip line. When having a go, the line broke and she suffered a bad gash to her leg. After having the wound stapled up, doctors realized it had become infected with the aggressive flesh eating bug known as ‘aeromonas hydrophila’.

Weaker Necks?...Or More Fraud?

Just a quick post today but a rather telling one of the state of the whiplash culture in the UK. The president of breakdown specialists The AA said...

Bogus Bus Whiplash Crashes

This week whiplash claims have been making the news again with a number of stories being reported on across the media. One story which really caught my eye this week was the story of how criminals are orchestrating car crashes into buses that are full of their criminal partners to make a load off cash payouts for whiplash claims.

Accident at Work Case Study - Hearing Loss

More than £270,000 compensation was paid out to a group of workers because of an accident at work because of “exposure to excessive noise in the workplace” that resulted in hearing loss.

Lorraine Kelly off Work Because of Horsing Accident

Whilst not actually an accident at work, this post is about an accident that is keeping someone from work.