Road worker injured in Mellieħa bypass - The Malta Independent: A road worker was seriously injured at Ta’ Pennellu, limits of Mellieħa.
According to a police statement at around 1.40pm it was informed that a man from Żebbuġ driving a steamroller had to jump off, probably due to a mechanical failure. The man was working on the reconstruction of the Mellieħa bypass.
Visit safety photos
Friday, 30 November 2012
Man, early 20s, killed in Cork work site accident | Irish Examiner
Man, early 20s, killed in Cork work site accident | Irish Examiner: A man in his early 20s has been killed in a work site accident in Cork.The incident happened near Gasworks lane, off Angelsea street shortly around 1pm.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Man injured by falling concrete in Auckland lift incident - - NZ Herald News
Man injured in Auckland lift incident - National - NZ Herald News:
Concrete falling down a lift shaft in central Auckland today resulted in an "explosion-like bang'' and a suspected perforated eardrum for one man.
Eyewitnesses saw a man being escorted out of the Westpac building on lower Queen St, where he was taken into an ambulance while holding his ear.
An ambulance spokesman said a man in his 30s was being assessed at the scene after a loud boom was heard in the top of the lift about 11.25am.
"There was no fire, no flames or heat present at that time.''
Visit safety photos
Concrete falling down a lift shaft in central Auckland today resulted in an "explosion-like bang'' and a suspected perforated eardrum for one man.
Eyewitnesses saw a man being escorted out of the Westpac building on lower Queen St, where he was taken into an ambulance while holding his ear.
An ambulance spokesman said a man in his 30s was being assessed at the scene after a loud boom was heard in the top of the lift about 11.25am.
"There was no fire, no flames or heat present at that time.''
Visit safety photos
Man injured by falling concrete in Auckland lift incident - - NZ Herald News
Man injured in Auckland lift incident - National - NZ Herald News:
Concrete falling down a lift shaft in central Auckland today resulted in an "explosion-like bang'' and a suspected perforated eardrum for one man.
Eyewitnesses saw a man being escorted out of the Westpac building on lower Queen St, where he was taken into an ambulance while holding his ear.
An ambulance spokesman said a man in his 30s was being assessed at the scene after a loud boom was heard in the top of the lift about 11.25am.
"There was no fire, no flames or heat present at that time.''
Visit safety photos
Concrete falling down a lift shaft in central Auckland today resulted in an "explosion-like bang'' and a suspected perforated eardrum for one man.
Eyewitnesses saw a man being escorted out of the Westpac building on lower Queen St, where he was taken into an ambulance while holding his ear.
An ambulance spokesman said a man in his 30s was being assessed at the scene after a loud boom was heard in the top of the lift about 11.25am.
"There was no fire, no flames or heat present at that time.''
Visit safety photos
Cromer fish and chip shop fined £12,000 for food hygiene breaches - - Eastern Daily Press
Cromer fish and chip shop fined �12,000 for food hygiene breaches - News - Eastern Daily Press: A fish and chip shop owner faces a �12,000 bill after admitting a string of food safety breaches.
Bernard Parkin of Beach Road, East Runton, pleaded guilty yesterday to eight offences at the Regency Fish and Chip restaurant on New Street, Cromer.
Visit safety photos
Bernard Parkin of Beach Road, East Runton, pleaded guilty yesterday to eight offences at the Regency Fish and Chip restaurant on New Street, Cromer.
Visit safety photos
Food squads revealed shocking health risks at Sheffield eateries - The Star
Food squads revealed shocking health risks at Sheffield eateries - Green Scene - The Star: PEST problems, poor hygiene and contaminated food are just some of the horrors health watchdogs have uncovered at Sheffield eateries.
Figures obtained through The Star’s Your Right to Know campaign have revealed Sheffield Council closed down 27 food premises between January last year and September. The decision to shut down businesses comes when inspectors believe there is an ‘imminent risk to health’.
Visit safety photos
Figures obtained through The Star’s Your Right to Know campaign have revealed Sheffield Council closed down 27 food premises between January last year and September. The decision to shut down businesses comes when inspectors believe there is an ‘imminent risk to health’.
Visit safety photos
Cal/OSHA fines Atascadero State Hospital for patient attacks on employees | KSBY.com |
Cal/OSHA fines Atascadero State Hospital for patient attacks on employees | KSBY.com | San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles: Cal/OSHA says they are issuing citations against Atascadero State Hospital for dangerous conditions and patients assaults on employees.
The agency says they are calling for $27,675 in fines due to the attacks.
The violations include a "regulatory" violation on what Cal/OSHA is calling "incomplete record keeping" for on-going patient assaults on employees.
Visit safety photos
The agency says they are calling for $27,675 in fines due to the attacks.
The violations include a "regulatory" violation on what Cal/OSHA is calling "incomplete record keeping" for on-going patient assaults on employees.
Visit safety photos
Scaffold firm guilty of safety failures - National - NZ Herald News
Scaffold firm guilty of safety failures - National - NZ Herald News: A Rotorua man was knocked unconscious and spent two days in hospital after he fell from scaffolding when it gave way, the Rotorua District Court has been told.
Whakatane-based company Cobweb Scaffolding was found guilty yesterday of a charge of hiring scaffolding to a Rotorua couple to be used in a place of work and failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the scaffolding was maintained so it was safe for its intended use. The company had pleaded not guilty to the charge brought against it under the Health and Safety in Employment Act.
Visit safety photos
Whakatane-based company Cobweb Scaffolding was found guilty yesterday of a charge of hiring scaffolding to a Rotorua couple to be used in a place of work and failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the scaffolding was maintained so it was safe for its intended use. The company had pleaded not guilty to the charge brought against it under the Health and Safety in Employment Act.
Visit safety photos
Man suffocates to death in faulty lift in Mumbai | NDTV.com
Man suffocates to death in faulty lift in Mumbai | NDTV.com: Mumbai:�Krishnakant Jha (48) reached Pratik Building in Thakur Complex at 3.30 to fix a lift that was not functioning for the past two days. He proceeded to the lift room on the fifth floor and is assumed to have taken the lift to the first floor, where it appears to have got stuck.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Three Fatalities Involving Diving Work - Workplace Safety and Health Council - Singapore
Workplace Safety and Health Council: Diving is an essential part of many work activities in the marine industries but it can be dangerous if not planned or managed well.
In 2012, 3 fatalities arose from separate cases involving commercial diving work. 2 divers drowned while performing vessel alignment work in docks (January and September 2012). 1 was lost at sea during underwater hull cleaning and was later found dead by search parties (May 2012). The commonalities in all 3 cases included:
a) The deceased’s diving partner had surfaced and only then realised that the deceased was missing;
b) The Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) system was used.
Visit safety photos
In 2012, 3 fatalities arose from separate cases involving commercial diving work. 2 divers drowned while performing vessel alignment work in docks (January and September 2012). 1 was lost at sea during underwater hull cleaning and was later found dead by search parties (May 2012). The commonalities in all 3 cases included:
a) The deceased’s diving partner had surfaced and only then realised that the deceased was missing;
b) The Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) system was used.
Visit safety photos
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Scaffold firm guilty of safety failures | Bay of Plenty Times
Scaffold firm guilty of safety failures | Bay of Plenty Times: A Rotorua man was knocked unconscious and spent two days in hospital after he fell from scaffolding when it gave way, the Rotorua District Court has been told.
Whakatane-based company Cobweb Scaffolding was found guilty yesterday of a charge of hiring scaffolding to a Rotorua couple to be used in a place of work and failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the scaffolding was maintained so it was safe for its intended use. The company had pleaded not guilty to the charge brought against them under the Health and Safety in Employment Act.
Visit safety photos
Whakatane-based company Cobweb Scaffolding was found guilty yesterday of a charge of hiring scaffolding to a Rotorua couple to be used in a place of work and failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the scaffolding was maintained so it was safe for its intended use. The company had pleaded not guilty to the charge brought against them under the Health and Safety in Employment Act.
Visit safety photos
Shard of metal in Hungry Jack's onion ring - Perth
Shard of metal in Hungry Jack's onion ring: Fast food giant Hungry Jack's is on trial for selling unsuitable food after a Perth mother coughed up a piece of metal shaving lodged inside an onion ring.Hungry Jack's has pleaded not guilty although the company admits a 1.5 cm metal shard was found inside an onion ring from a Hungry Jack's store in Morley and sold to Cervasham-woman Melissa Bayle in February.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Wallula, WA: Worker injured in forklift accident at Wallula's Railex | Latest News | Tri-CityHerald.com
Wallula, WA: Worker injured in forklift accident at Wallula's Railex | Latest News | Tri-CityHerald.com: Wallula, WA — A worker was injured at shipping company Railex’s cold storage facility near Wallula on Wednesday after he was trapped by a forklift around 4:30 p.m.The worker’s left leg was pinned by the dual wheel steering system of the battery-powered forklift, said Chief Mike Wickstrom of Walla Walla Fire District 5.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Man loses hand to electric wood splitter - - Salzburg Times
Man loses hand to electric wood splitter - General News - Salzburg Times Online News - English Newspaper: Doctors at the Unfallkrankenhaus in Salzburg have reattached a man’s hand after it was cut off in a freak accident involving a wood splitter.
The 76-year-old from the Salzburg province of Flachgau was rushed into hospital on 28 November 2012 (yesterday). He had been working in his garden and accidentally cut off his right hand with the electric wood splitter he had been using.
Visit safety photos
The 76-year-old from the Salzburg province of Flachgau was rushed into hospital on 28 November 2012 (yesterday). He had been working in his garden and accidentally cut off his right hand with the electric wood splitter he had been using.
Visit safety photos
Brush With Death -Romanian Times Online News
Brush With Death - Around the World News - Romanian Times Online News - English Newspaper: A 60-year-old driver whose head was impaled on a metal broom handle during a crash has survived after a painstaking seven hour operation to remove it from his skull in Vidnoe, Russia.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Rubbery Blaze - Romanian Times
Rubbery Blaze - Around the World News - Romanian Times Online News - English Newspaper: It looks like a giant tornado about to sweep down on central China as what seem like storm clouds gather above.
But it is, in fact, a huge chemical blaze at a rubber factory in Jinzhou, Hubei province, which forced terrified locals to flee.
"It was so huge it blotted out the sun and we thought we were going to be swallowed up by it," said one local after fire-fighters fought for hours to bring the blaze under control.
Visit safety photos
But it is, in fact, a huge chemical blaze at a rubber factory in Jinzhou, Hubei province, which forced terrified locals to flee.
"It was so huge it blotted out the sun and we thought we were going to be swallowed up by it," said one local after fire-fighters fought for hours to bring the blaze under control.
Visit safety photos
Swampscott demolition company ordered to pay $100000 in civil penalties after ... - Wicked Local
A demolition company from Swampscott has been ordered to pay the Commonwealth $100,000 in civil penalties for the alleged improper removal and disposal of asbestos-containing waste at locations throughout eastern Massachusetts, including the Hook Lobster Company building on the Boston waterfront, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today.
According to the complaint, Total Dismantling and Carting Services, Inc., and its successor, The Total Group, Inc., both of Swampscott, violated the state’s Clean Air Act by repeatedly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing material without notifying the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) that the work was going to occur. The Clean Air Act requires notifications to MassDEP to ensure that demolition and renovation companies are properly handling and disposing of asbestos.
Swampscott demolition company ordered to pay $100000 in civil penalties after ... - Wicked Local
Bike death tragedy case is thrown out - HSE “procedural error” (From York Press)
Bike death tragedy case is thrown out (From York Press): THE parents of tragic York cyclist Ruby Milnes say they still hope for justice, despite the trial over her death being thrown out of court.
York Racecourse was facing prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive over the accident that killed 17-year-old Ruby, pictured, but the case was abandoned yesterday due to a “procedural error”.
Visit safety photos
York Racecourse was facing prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive over the accident that killed 17-year-old Ruby, pictured, but the case was abandoned yesterday due to a “procedural error”.
Visit safety photos
Royal Mail bans postmen from estate over health and safety fears - as uneven paving stones are the excuse | Mail Online
Royal Mail bans postmen from estate over health and safety fears - as uneven paving stones are the excuse | Mail Online: Early in the morning, just as day is dawning, he picks up all the postbags in his van... but now, the postman is banned from delivering to one particular housing estate due to fears he might trip over. Overzealous Royal Mail health and safety officers have ruled that the uneven paving slabs on two roads in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, are too dangerous for their postmen to negotiate.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
SpongeBob SquarePants bouncing back after E&S story causes a stir � Express & Star
SpongeBob SquarePants bouncing back after E&S story causes a stir � Express & Star: SpongeBob SquarePants is coming back to Wolverhampton – after the Express & Star revealed thousands missed seeing him at the city’s Christmas lights switch-on because of health and safety red tape.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Allerton girl is hurt by PE lesson sticky tape (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
Allerton girl is hurt by PE lesson sticky tape (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus): A Bradford school has defended its health and safety policy after being criticised by an angry parent.
Ash Mahmood said his six-year-old daughter Aisha was distressed, crying and in pain when he picked her up from Heaton St Barnabas because of tape put on her ear lobes to cover studs while she took part in a PE lesson run by Sports UK.
Visit safety photos
Ash Mahmood said his six-year-old daughter Aisha was distressed, crying and in pain when he picked her up from Heaton St Barnabas because of tape put on her ear lobes to cover studs while she took part in a PE lesson run by Sports UK.
Visit safety photos
“Don’t eat the flowers” - East Anglian Daily Times
Sudbury: “Don’t eat the flowers” - News - East Anglian Daily Times: The green and white professionally produced plastic signs, which read “PLEASE do not eat the flowers” sprung up in beds close to St Peter’s Church on Market Hill this week. They have even appeared in two recently planted commemorative iron ladles, due to be officially unveiled before Christmas.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Baby in lift shaft plunge terror (From The Bolton News)
Baby in lift shaft plunge terror (From The Bolton News): A THREE-month-old baby had an amazing escape after plunging 15 feet down a lift shaft.
The boy is thought to have escaped serious injury thanks to his pram during the fall from the first floor of Smyths Toy Store at Middlebrook Retail Park, Horwich, at 12.20pm yesterday.
Visit safety photos
The boy is thought to have escaped serious injury thanks to his pram during the fall from the first floor of Smyths Toy Store at Middlebrook Retail Park, Horwich, at 12.20pm yesterday.
Visit safety photos
Owner of Bangladesh factory ravaged in fire says he didn’t know it needed emergency exits - The Washington Post
Owner of Bangladesh factory ravaged in fire says he didn’t know it needed emergency exits - The Washington Post: DHAKA, Bangladesh — The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation’s garment industry are from issues of worker safety.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Tamworth shopkeeper fined for selling out-of-date food | This is Tamworth
Tamworth shopkeeper fined for selling out-of-date food | This is Tamworth: AN eight-year-old girl complained about the taste of a lunchtime snack bought from a Tamworth shop – before her mother discovered it was EIGHT days out of date.
The Kraft Lunchables item was purchased from the Costcutter shop at 15-16 Hospital Street – located opposite Moorgate Primary School – on Thursday, July 12.
Visit safety photos
The Kraft Lunchables item was purchased from the Costcutter shop at 15-16 Hospital Street – located opposite Moorgate Primary School – on Thursday, July 12.
Visit safety photos
Gas outburst kills 5 in SW China mine - Globaltimes.cn
Gas outburst kills 5 in SW China mine - Globaltimes.cn: Five people were killed and two injured in a coal mine gas outburst in southwest China's Guizhou Province early Thursday, local authorities said.
The accident occurred at about 4 am under a transportation shaft of Nengtong Coal Mine in Pu'an county of Qianxinan prefecture when nine workers were doing maintenance work, the county government said in a press release.
Visit safety photos
The accident occurred at about 4 am under a transportation shaft of Nengtong Coal Mine in Pu'an county of Qianxinan prefecture when nine workers were doing maintenance work, the county government said in a press release.
Visit safety photos
Terrifying moment oil drum explodes in garage workshop engulfing worker in flames | Mail Online
Terrifying moment oil drum explodes in garage workshop engulfing worker in flames | Mail Online: The terrifying moment that an oil drum exploded leaving a workman seriously hurt was captured on dramatic CCTV footage.Remarkably, despite the ferocity of the blast, injured worker Findlay Gavin survived and has made a good recovery.CVS (Anglia) Ltd, based in Ipswich, Suffolk, has been fined �40,000 by South East Suffolk magistrates over serious health and safety breaches.�
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
€12,000 award following shopping centre fall - The Irish Times -
€12,000 award following shopping centre fall - The Irish Times - Thu, Nov 29, 2012: Former Miss Ireland Nuala Holloway, who injured her left ankle in a trip and fall at Superquinn shopping centre, Blackrock, Dublin five years ago, was awarded €12,000 damages yesterday in the Circuit Civil Court.Ms Holloway Casey, of Rowanbyrn, Blackrock, told Judge Barry Hickson she still suffered intermittent pain from the injury, which had been exacerbated by a second fall in the same store in February 2009.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Woman says go-kart's broken seat belt causes injury - chicagotribune.com
Suit: Woman says go-kart's broken seat belt causes injury - chicagotribune.com: A customer at a Bedford Park go-kart racing facility is suing the company and its management, claiming she was injured earlier this year while racing a go-kart with a broken seat belt.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, Kimberly Ball says employees at Chicago Race Factory assigned her a go-kart with a non-functioning seat belt on May 2. The staffers allegedly told her the safety harnesses were only used by children and not needed by adults, according to the lawsuit.
Visit safety photos
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, Kimberly Ball says employees at Chicago Race Factory assigned her a go-kart with a non-functioning seat belt on May 2. The staffers allegedly told her the safety harnesses were only used by children and not needed by adults, according to the lawsuit.
Visit safety photos
RailCorp prosecuted over track worker's death
RailCorp prosecuted over track worker's death: Railcorp is being prosecuted for the first time in its history by the state's transport safety watchdog, following the death of a track worker struck by a train at Kogarah.
Tamati Grant, 59, died attempting to scramble clear of a southbound train from Hurstville just after 1am on April 13, 2010.
The fatality was attributed to the failure of a RailCorp employee, an area controller, at the train operator's Sydenham signalling complex to alert Mr Grant's cleaning team of the impending arrival of the train.
Visit safety photos
Tamati Grant, 59, died attempting to scramble clear of a southbound train from Hurstville just after 1am on April 13, 2010.
The fatality was attributed to the failure of a RailCorp employee, an area controller, at the train operator's Sydenham signalling complex to alert Mr Grant's cleaning team of the impending arrival of the train.
Visit safety photos
Worker killed by asphalt zipper in Saratoga Springs
Worker killed by asphalt zipper in Saratoga Springs: SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A construction worker was killed Tuesday afternoon at a work site in Saratoga Springs. According to Utah County dispatch, the incident happened just before 1:30 p.m. at 800 W. 1200 North.According to Saratoga Springs Officer Aaron Rosen, Nicholaus Blatnick of Salt Lake City was involved in an accident with an asphalt zipper.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Bangladesh fire: 112 killed; Walmart, Disney clothes found in factory | Firstpost
Bangladesh fire: 112 killed; Walmart, Disney clothes found in factory | Firstpost: Dhaka: The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire had been making clothes for Walmart, Disney, Sears and other major global retailers – some of whom say they thought they had stopped doing business with the place. The apparent confusion underscored what some industry experts say is a major obstacle to improving factory safety in developing nations: Many retailers in the US and Europe rely on such a long and complex chain of manufacturers, vendors and middlemen to keep their shelves stocked that it is difficult to keep track of where certain products are made.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
AM’s asbestos law bid targets NHS repayment of up to £3m - Health News - News - WalesOnline
AM’s asbestos law bid targets NHS repayment of up to �3m - Health News - News - WalesOnline: MILLIONS of pounds could be reclaimed by the NHS in Wales from companies liable for exposing workers to asbestos, if proposed new legislation is adopted.
Mick Antoniw, AM for Pontypridd, said that employers – or their insurers – could be forced to pay back up to �3m for treatment costs for employees who develop conditions such as mesothelioma and asbestosis if his Asbestos (Recovery of Medical Costs) Bill becomes law.
Visit safety photos
Mick Antoniw, AM for Pontypridd, said that employers – or their insurers – could be forced to pay back up to �3m for treatment costs for employees who develop conditions such as mesothelioma and asbestosis if his Asbestos (Recovery of Medical Costs) Bill becomes law.
Visit safety photos
Oland ship accident prompts oil leak fears - The Local
�land ship accident prompts oil leak fears - The Local: A container ship ran aground near the Baltic island of �land during the night, managing to stay afloat but prompting fears that it could spill oil into the sea.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Elk and Safety - - Romanian Times
Elk and Safety - Around the World News - Romanian Times Online News - English Newspaper: A hunter was shot dead in Kisa, Sweden, when a pal in his shooting party mistook him for an elk, say police.
The 60-year-old victim was shot in the head by a high-powered rifle after walking in front of his friends while they were taking pot shots at an elk calf.
Visit safety photos
The 60-year-old victim was shot in the head by a high-powered rifle after walking in front of his friends while they were taking pot shots at an elk calf.
Visit safety photos
Digger driver dies after dynamite explodes - Austrian Times
Digger driver dies after dynamite explodes - General News - Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper: The driver of a mechanical digger has died three weeks after a bizarre accident in which he accidentally detonated a stick of explosive left over from work at a quarry at Losenstein in Austria.
The explosive was one of the sticks used to break rock free from the face of the quarry which was then being moved by the digger driver.
Visit safety photos
The explosive was one of the sticks used to break rock free from the face of the quarry which was then being moved by the digger driver.
Visit safety photos
Worker killed by falling air handling unit - Journal of Commerce
A construction worker has been killed while installing a piece of equipment at the University of Lethbridge.“A 31-year old man was fatally injured after an air handling unit tipped over on him in the basement of a new residence under construction,” said Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) spokesperson Brookes Merritt.
Worker killed by falling air handling unit - Journal of Commerce
Man dies in forest tragedy - Wanganui Chronicle
A 23-year-old forestry worker from Wanganui was killed when a tree he had cut became entangled in another and then fell on him.
Reece Joseph Reid, who attended Waverley High School, was working on a farm south of Pongaroa in remote northern Wairarapa yesterday morning when the accident happened, Dannevirke police said.
His death has prompted calls for an urgent safety review in the industry.
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said the death, the 13th in three years, showed the industry had a "serious health and safety crisis".
Kentucky Fried Chicken Pays $200K In Penalties for Smoking Ovens, Unsafe ... - Los Cerritos News
LOS ANGELES – Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC Corp.) and Harman Management Corp. have agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty for a variety of health and safety violations, including improperly installing ovens which billowed smoke while cooking chicken.
Filed by environmental crimes prosecutors for the District Attorneys of Los Angeles, Napa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, the lawsuit alleged that KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC Corp.) and Harman Management Corp. failed to follow proper procedures for installing new cooking equipment.
Investigators also found plumbing and electrical issues at some franchises.
Kentucky Fried Chicken Pays $200K In Penalties for Smoking Ovens, Unsafe ... - Los Cerritos News
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Personal Injury - puddle gamble
CAMDEN, N.J. - Harrah's Hotel and Casino cannot dismiss claims from Joanne Polis, who says she needed knee surgery after slipping on a puddle there, a federal judge ruled.
Minister 'not assured' by councils' action on asbestos in schools - South Wales Argus
THE Welsh education minister has raised questions over whether local councils are dealing with asbestos properly in the wake of the Cwmcarn High School crisis.
Leighton Andrews said in a written statement to AMs that responses to a call to all local authorities to confirm they were undertaking their duties under law over asbestos, had been “varied”.
Minister 'not assured' by councils' action on asbestos in schools - South Wales Argus
Volunteer dressed as SpongeBob is banned from Christmas lights switch on ... - Daily Mail
Killjoy council chiefs have been branded scrooges after they banned SpongeBob Squarepants from turning on the Christmas lights - because of health and safety fears.
Hundreds of children were left in tears when officials ruled the yellow costume of the children’s TV favourite was too wide to walk up five steps on to a platform.
Volunteer dressed as SpongeBob is banned from Christmas lights switch on ... - Daily Mail
Two roofers hospitalized after scaffolding hits West End power line - Press Herald
PORTLAND — Two men were hospitalized after the scaffolding they were on touched a power line Tuesday morning.
Rescue workers were called to 71 Brackett St., in Portland's West End, just before 11 a.m. Both men, who were part of a roofing crew, were conscious when firefighters arrived. The extent of their injuries was not immediately available.
Two roofers hospitalized after scaffolding hits West End power line - Press Herald
Patterson v Ministry of Defence - non-freezing cold injury would not be regarded as a disease;
It was held that as a matter of ordinary everyday language, a non-freezing cold injury would not be regarded as a disease; it was not caused by any virus, bacteria, noxious agent or parasite; it was simply a condition where blood failed to reach the cells in the nerves, skin and muscle as a result of exposure to weather or environmental conditions.
There was no basis for concluding that the term 'disease' in CPR 45 was intended to be interpreted by reference to the pre-action protocol for disease and illness claims, the purpose of which was very different from CPR 45.
The Protocol was concerned with the procedure to be followed at and before the commencement of litigation, while the subject matter of CPR 45, namely the success fee payable to a claimant's lawyers was altogether different. The definition of disease in the Protocol was therefore not a reliable guide to the meaning of disease in CPR 45.
Patterson v Ministry of Defence [2012] EWHC 2767 (QB) - 12/10/12
The protruding arm of a crane has collapsed on top of a construction site at the University of Technology, Sydney, after earlier catching fire.
"My mate joked it was going to fall and next thing we've heard this crash, bang, carnage everywhere, people running from every different direction"
Crane collapse, fire caught on camera - Sydney Morning Herald
Monday, 26 November 2012
Worker found disoriented, hurt inside Canadian General-Tower plant in Cambridge - Waterloo Record
CAMBRIDGE — A worker was taken to the hospital after trying to clean up a chemical spill in a Cambridge factory Saturday morning.
A maintenance worker was found wandering and disoriented with a head injury at about 6:20 a.m. inside Canadian General-Tower, 52 Middleton St.
Worker found disoriented, hurt inside Canadian General-Tower plant in Cambridge - Waterloo Record
Fire kills 14 at disabled workshop in Germany - News Tribe
Berlin: Fourteen people perished and several more were injured when a fire swept through a workshop for handicapped people in the Black Forest region of Germany on Monday, police said.
Around 100 firefighters backed by helicopters battled the blaze in the town of Titisee-Neustadt, as some wearing breathing apparatus pulled several people from the stricken building.
Flaming tragedy: Seven killed as van's gas cylinder explodes - The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Seven people were killed and four injured when a passenger van’s gas cylinder caught fire on Multan Road in Lahore on Monday.
Three members of a family, Tariq Fareed, his wife Sajida Bibi and his three-year-old daughter Kiran, perished in the flames, as well four others, including a three-month-old child and a man identified as Hafeez, a father of six children.
Flaming tragedy: Seven killed as van's gas cylinder explodes - The Express Tribune
Parking Garage Worker Killed When SUV Falls Off Lift - NBC New York
A Manhattan parking garage worker died after an SUV rolled off a lift and fell 6 feet onto him, FDNY authorities and a law enforcement official tell NBC 4 New York.
It wasn't immediately clear why the vehicle slipped off the lift early Monday.
Parking Garage Worker Killed When SUV Falls Off Lift - NBC New York
Samsung unearths illegal work practices at Chinese suppliers - The Guardian
Samsung Electronics admits it has found illegal work practices in an audit of 105 of its Chinese suppliers – but it has given the companies two more years to eliminate it. The audit of 65,000 employees follows accusations by China Labor Watch, an independent labour rights group based in New York, which alleged in August that Samsung suppliers hired children and used "inhumane" working conditions, and in September that there was illegal discrimination in hiring polices at some Samsung suppliers.
Samsung unearths illegal work practices at Chinese suppliers - The Guardian
Bakery infested with cockroaches - Stuff.co.nz
A West Auckland bakery was shut down for two days when Auckland Council found a ''severe'' cockroach infestation.
Kong Hour and You Sim Be - licensees of the Mekong Hot Bread Shop in Henderson - appeared in Waitakere District Court last week charged with breaching food hygiene regulations and will reappear there for sentencing next month.
A council environmental health officer made an unannounced visit to the Bruce McLaren Rd shop on July 2 and found it infested with cockroaches and uncovered further ''untidy conditions''.
The business was given an E-grade hygiene rating - the lowest possible - and shut down for two days for exterminators to be called in.
After a later inspection, the grading was adjusted to B, indicating a ''good level of compliance''.f
New stain repellent chemical doubling in blood every 6 years. - Environmental Health News
As the phased-out stain repellent PFOS steadily decreases in people, its replacement is rising rapidly at levels that are doubling every six years, a Swedish study shows. Levels of perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) in the women's blood rose 11 percent per year between 1996 and 2010. Whether there are any potential health effects of these exposures -- which are still far lower than PFOS levels -- is unknown.
New stain repellent chemical doubling in blood every 6 years. - Environmental Health News
Smallfor nursery received health and safety fine weeks before fire - Herts Advertiser
JUST weeks before a fire ravaged Glinwell Nursery in Smallford its operators were fined around £18,000 for failing to carry out adequate health and safety training and risk assessments.
The company pleaded guilty to two offences on October 26 relating to a piece of equipment called the Mega Bio Chopper, which is used to chop biodegradable crops such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
Smallfor nursery received health and safety fine weeks before fire - Herts Advertiser
Five workers in hospital after scaffold collapses - The Province
Five workers injured when a scaffold collapsed Thursday during the installation of a massive staircase in a Shaughnessy home are still being treated in hospital.
The workers — employees of Surrey-based South Fraser Stairs — fell from their scaffold at about 6:35 p.m., plunging three metres into the basement, WorkSafe B.C. spokeswoman Ally Skinner-Reynolds said Friday.
Five workers in hospital after scaffold collapses - The Province
Raid on company over site death - The Canberra Times
Police investigating one of Canberra's recent workplace deaths have raided a NSW company as part of their inquiries.
ACT Policing officers had a search warrant and were accompanied by WorkSafe ACT inspectors when they went to premises outside Gosford on the central coast where the piece of machinery that killed builder Ben Catanzariti, 21, had recently been serviced.
The Canberra Times has obtained the routine maintenance report on the concrete pump compiled just weeks before Mr Catanzariti's death on a Kingston Foreshore building site on July 21.
Pub chain fined after fall from ladder killed cleaner - This is Bristol
A PUB chain has been fined £235,000 for health and safety failings which contributed to the death of a cleaner.
Richard Pratley, 65, died from a fractured skull after falling from a ladder as he tried to clean the roof of the "boathouse" inside the Snuff Mill Harvester on Frenchay Park Road.
Pub chain fined after fall from ladder killed cleaner - This is Bristol
Patient killed in oxygen explosion as a second dies in broken lift: Damning ... - Daily Mail
A horrifying catalogue of serious errors at NHS hospitals in Scotland has come to light, following a Freedom of Information request.
They include a report from NHS Lothian where a patient on oxygen therapy died in an explosion after lighting a cigarette in a hospital toilet.
Patient killed in oxygen explosion as a second dies in broken lift: Damning ... - Daily Mail
Employers warned on overtime - Taipei Times
Employers warned on overtime - Taipei Times: The number of companies that abuse the “job responsibility system” in Taipei is increasing, Taipei’s Department of Labor Affairs said yesterday, as it warned employers about violating labor laws by making employees work overtime.
According to the latest information from the department, the number of cases in violation of the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) reached 523 this year, with overtime work accounting for 199 cases, while there were 142 cases where employees were not given sufficient holidays.
Visit safety photos
According to the latest information from the department, the number of cases in violation of the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) reached 523 this year, with overtime work accounting for 199 cases, while there were 142 cases where employees were not given sufficient holidays.
Visit safety photos
Sunday, 25 November 2012
20,000 chickens killed in factory farm fire, barn releases asbestos over farmhouse - - DutchNews.nl -
DutchNews.nl - 20,000 chickens killed in factory farm fire: Twenty thousand chickens were killed in a fire at a barn on a factory farm in Overijssel province at the weekend.
Firemen were able to prevent the blaze spreading to a nearby barn with a similar number of chickens, Nos television reported.
The fire led to the release of asbestos which blew into nearby fields and rendered the farmhouse uninhabitable. The farmer and family have been moved to emergency accommodation.
Visit safety photos
Firemen were able to prevent the blaze spreading to a nearby barn with a similar number of chickens, Nos television reported.
The fire led to the release of asbestos which blew into nearby fields and rendered the farmhouse uninhabitable. The farmer and family have been moved to emergency accommodation.
Visit safety photos
Brit soldier drowned because hydro firm forgot warning - - Austrian Times
Brit soldier drowned because hydro firm forgot warning - General News - Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper: The manslaughter case in Austria over the death of a British soldier drowned during a rafting accident has ended with the raft guide accused of negligence being acquitted.
Private John Lomas, of the Royal Logistics Corps, was with comrades in Tirol when his inflatable raft boat capsized on June 21.
Three rafts, carrying a total of 20 British servicemen, had embarked down the Inn river.
Visit safety photos
Private John Lomas, of the Royal Logistics Corps, was with comrades in Tirol when his inflatable raft boat capsized on June 21.
Three rafts, carrying a total of 20 British servicemen, had embarked down the Inn river.
Visit safety photos
2 die in Faridabad building collapse - The Times of India
2 die in Faridabad building collapse - The Times of India: NEW DELHI: Two people died and three others were injured when an under-construction building came crashing down in Faridabad's Sarurpur Industrial area on Saturday. There were several people working at the site at 12.30pm, when the incident occurred and rescue operations went on till past 10pm. "The incident occurred when the roof of the building, possibly a factory, was being laid. The scaffolding that was supporting the more than 100 sq feet roof area was probably not able to withstand the weight and gave way, because of which the roof came crashing down. At that point around 35-40 people were working at the site. The debris was massive and we are not sure how many people could be trapped underneath," said police sources.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Two Tanker Incidents off BC Coast Confirm Tar Sand Supertanker Concerns
Carol Linnitt | Two Tanker Incidents off BC Coast Confirm Tar Sand Supertanker Concerns: Two separate incidents involving container ships off the coast of British Columbia have local First Nations questioning the prudence of transporting tar sands crude in the region's hazardous waterways. The incidents, occurring within less than 48 hours of each other, lend new support to those who oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline that would bring over 200 oil-bearing supertankers through the area each year.�
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Hamburg suffer defeat, injury, fire, evacuation - Germany
Hamburg suffer defeat, injury, fire, evacuation - The Local: The weekend got off to a catastrophic start for the Hamburger SV football club, after fans started a fire in the stadium, Rafael van der Vaart was injured and the team's hotel was evacuated over a false alarm. On top of that HSV lost the match.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
JLT Tamweel Tower fire: No wallets, no phone, no car... residents fear for what is left? - Emirates 24/7
JLT Tamweel Tower fire: No wallets, no phone, no car... residents fear for what is left? - Emirates 24/7: Tamweel’s statement:
Following the outbreak of a fire in the early hours of Sunday at Tamweel Tower, Islamic home finance provider Tamweel stated on Sunday that the company is currently working closely with Dubai Civil Defence to ensure the well-being of owners and residents.
Thanks to the efforts of Dubai Civil Defence, that fire has been contained and there were no causalities.
“At Tamweel, our very highest priority is the safety and well-being of the owners and residents,” said Varun Sood, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Tamweel. “Our staff are on site and have provided transportation and hotel accommodation, in coordination with DMCC, to any resident who requires such assistance. We will continue to work with the Building’s Owners Association to assist all residents and we remain fully committed to ensuring their well-being.
“Tamweel is currently operating from its Business Avenue offices in Deira, Dubai, serving customers through our Deira and Abu Dhabi offices,” he added.
Visit safety photos
Following the outbreak of a fire in the early hours of Sunday at Tamweel Tower, Islamic home finance provider Tamweel stated on Sunday that the company is currently working closely with Dubai Civil Defence to ensure the well-being of owners and residents.
Thanks to the efforts of Dubai Civil Defence, that fire has been contained and there were no causalities.
“At Tamweel, our very highest priority is the safety and well-being of the owners and residents,” said Varun Sood, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Tamweel. “Our staff are on site and have provided transportation and hotel accommodation, in coordination with DMCC, to any resident who requires such assistance. We will continue to work with the Building’s Owners Association to assist all residents and we remain fully committed to ensuring their well-being.
“Tamweel is currently operating from its Business Avenue offices in Deira, Dubai, serving customers through our Deira and Abu Dhabi offices,” he added.
Visit safety photos
No action over incident that left teenage apprentice trapped in museum farm equipment for four hours - - Eastern Daily Press
No action over incident that left teenage apprentice trapped in museum farm equipment for four hours - News - Eastern Daily Press: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will take no further action over an incident that left a teenage apprentice trapped in farm machinery at a rural life museum for four hours.
The 19 year old, who was on a lottery-funded project to help preserve traditional rural skills, has not yet returned to work at the Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, near Dereham, after firefighters cut him out of the tractor equipment on October 18.
Visit safety photos
The 19 year old, who was on a lottery-funded project to help preserve traditional rural skills, has not yet returned to work at the Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, near Dereham, after firefighters cut him out of the tractor equipment on October 18.
Visit safety photos
Asbestos concern after Noble's letter | Metal Bulletin
COMMENT: Asbestos concern after Noble's letter | Metal Bulletin: Trading company Noble Group’s letter to customers informing them there was a possibility that ferro-titanium it has supplied from VSMPO-Avisma might contain asbestos has caused grave concern among its counterparts.
Customers of Noble noted their anxiety at the possibility that their employees might have been exposed to asbestos,
Visit safety photos
Customers of Noble noted their anxiety at the possibility that their employees might have been exposed to asbestos,
Visit safety photos
Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia | Environment | The Guardian
Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia | Environment | The Guardian: If you own a mobile, it's probably held together by tin from the Indonesian island of Bangka. Mining is wrecking the environment and every year it claims dozens more lives
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Asbestos risk for female renovators | Herald Sun
Asbestos risk for female renovators | Herald Sun: TELEVISION home renovation shows have fuelled a do-it-yourself craze that campaigners fear will lead to the next wave of asbestos victims - many of whom will be women.
The president of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia, Barry Robson, says shows like The Block, The Renovators and Better Homes and Gardens have been embraced by women who have taken up DIY renovation with a gusto.
Visit safety photos
The president of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia, Barry Robson, says shows like The Block, The Renovators and Better Homes and Gardens have been embraced by women who have taken up DIY renovation with a gusto.
Visit safety photos
112 killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory - - KTAR.com
112 killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory - World News - KTAR.com: DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - At least 112 people were killed in a fire that raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday.
The blaze broke out at the seven-story factory operated by Tazreen Fashions late Saturday. By Sunday morning, firefighters had recovered 100 bodies, fire department Operations Director Maj. Mohammad Mahbub told The Associated Press.
He said another 12 people who had suffered injuries after jumping from the building to escape the fire later died at hospitals. The death toll could rise as the search for victims was continuing, he said.
Visit safety photos
The blaze broke out at the seven-story factory operated by Tazreen Fashions late Saturday. By Sunday morning, firefighters had recovered 100 bodies, fire department Operations Director Maj. Mohammad Mahbub told The Associated Press.
He said another 12 people who had suffered injuries after jumping from the building to escape the fire later died at hospitals. The death toll could rise as the search for victims was continuing, he said.
Visit safety photos
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Recipe for disaster finally unveiled - Australians were unwittingly fed donkey meat, goat and maggot-ridden offcuts
Recipe for disaster finally unveiled: Australians were unwittingly fed donkey meat, goat and maggot-ridden offcuts by some of the country's leading meat producers, according to newly revealed royal commission findings.
Papers presented to Justice Albert Edward Woodward in the 1980s and made public for the first time describe Hammond Wholesale and Retail Meats trimming off the dye legally required on pet food and selling it for human consumption while another unnamed company regularly falsified halal certificates.
Visit safety photos
Papers presented to Justice Albert Edward Woodward in the 1980s and made public for the first time describe Hammond Wholesale and Retail Meats trimming off the dye legally required on pet food and selling it for human consumption while another unnamed company regularly falsified halal certificates.
Visit safety photos
Investigations into death of council worker - RT� News
Investigations into death of council worker - RT� News: Two separate investigations are underway into the death of a council worker who died last night.
The 47-year-old was seriously injured after he was hit by a pole during clearance work�while working close to a water reservoir at Carr's Hill near Cork City yesterday afternoon.
He died at Cork University Hospital last night.
The Health and Safety Authority and Cork County Council have both launched inquiries into the incident.
Visit safety photos
The 47-year-old was seriously injured after he was hit by a pole during clearance work�while working close to a water reservoir at Carr's Hill near Cork City yesterday afternoon.
He died at Cork University Hospital last night.
The Health and Safety Authority and Cork County Council have both launched inquiries into the incident.
Visit safety photos
Council looks to spend further �40,000 on nursery prosecution (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)
Council looks to spend further �40,000 on nursery prosecution (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series): THE COUNCIL is throwing its financial weight behind a five-year battle for justice for a toddler who died while playing at nursery.
Two-year-old Rhiya Malin died after becoming trapped in a playhouse at Eton Manor Children's Nursery in Roding Lane, Chigwell, in November 2007.
Visit safety photos
Two-year-old Rhiya Malin died after becoming trapped in a playhouse at Eton Manor Children's Nursery in Roding Lane, Chigwell, in November 2007.
Visit safety photos
Chinese mine blast kills 18 | ABC Radio Australia
Chinese mine blast kills 18 | ABC Radio Australia: Chinese officials say 18 people have been killed in an explosion at a coal mine in Guizhou Province.Another five people were still trapped underground in the pit after the accident at the Xiangshui coal mine in Liupanshui city, the Xinhua state news agency said citing provincial government and company sources.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Asbestos killed former cleaner from Bridport (From Dorset Echo)
Asbestos killed former cleaner from Bridport (From Dorset Echo): A FORMER cleaner from Bridport who worked in a civic hall in the West Midlands for 15 years died of an asbestos-related disease, an inquest was told.
Dora Longville, of West Walks, West Bay, died at the age of 66 in May from mesothelioma.
Visit safety photos
Dora Longville, of West Walks, West Bay, died at the age of 66 in May from mesothelioma.
Visit safety photos
£18k fine after shop delivery fell on worker at Sainsbury's Local on Bricknell Avenue, Hull | This is Hull and East Riding
�18k fine after shop delivery fell on worker at Sainsbury's Local on Bricknell Avenue, Hull | This is Hull and East Riding: A SUPERMARKET and a haulage firm have been fined a total of �18,000 after a delivery fell on to a worker, leaving her seriously injured.
Sainsbury's employee Barbara Jenkinson suffered spinal injuries and a fractured pelvis when a 265kg cage containing groceries fell out of a delivery lorry.
Visit safety photos
Sainsbury's employee Barbara Jenkinson suffered spinal injuries and a fractured pelvis when a 265kg cage containing groceries fell out of a delivery lorry.
Visit safety photos
first to spot and describe hazards wind free membership to safetyphoto
 |
| first to spot and describe hazards wind free membership to safetyphoto |
14 killed in hotpot restaurant explosion - Jinzhong in north China - Xinhua |
14 killed in hotpot restaurant explosion - Xinhua | English.news.cn: BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- An explosion has ripped through a hotpot restaurant in the city of Jinzhong in north China’s Shanxi Province, killing 14 people and injuring 47.
The explosion happened at around 8pm Friday in a dual-layer, 3-hundred square-meter construction. When the accident took place, nearly 100 people were eating at the establishment. After the explosion, fire-fighers were on the scence to carry out rescue work.
17 diners were seriously injured. The explosion ignited a fire which destroyed the interior of the restaurant. A customer injured in the explosion tells us how he escaped.
Visit safety photos
The explosion happened at around 8pm Friday in a dual-layer, 3-hundred square-meter construction. When the accident took place, nearly 100 people were eating at the establishment. After the explosion, fire-fighers were on the scence to carry out rescue work.
17 diners were seriously injured. The explosion ignited a fire which destroyed the interior of the restaurant. A customer injured in the explosion tells us how he escaped.
Visit safety photos
£50000 payout for injured Fort William hospital worker - Lochaber News
A LOCHABER hospital worker has won £50,000 in compensation from NHS Highland following an accident at work.
Nursing auxiliary Linda Mitchell suffered an injury to her neck and right shoulder when heavy ward curtains she was pulling jammed.
Ms Mitchell (59) was advised by her union, Unison, to make a claim when she was unable to return to work following the incident in the Belhaven Ward of Belford Hospital, Fort William, in September 2008.
£50000 payout for injured Fort William hospital worker - Lochaber News
Seamstress who tripped on uneven footpath awarded €260000 - Irish Independent
A 62-YEAR-OLD seamstress has been awarded €260,000 after she injured her wrists when she tripped on an uneven footpath near a town hall.
Olive Loughrey, Station Road, Shankill, Dublin, sued Dun Laoghaire Co Council over the fall outside the council's town hall in Dun Laoghaire on July 9, 2002. Ms Loughrey, who was described by a High Court judge as an honest and decent lady, was awarded €125,000 for general damages plus €135,000 for past and future loss of earnings after the court heard she had been unable to return to work since the accident.
Seamstress who tripped on uneven footpath awarded €260000 - Irish Independent
Greenkeeper sues golf club for £150K after 'lawnmower swinging accident' - Deadline News
A GREENKEEPER is suing one of the world’s oldest golf clubs for £150,000, claiming he was badly hurt after being told to cut the grass by swinging a Flymo on a rope.
Derek Bond alleges he had to cut grass on a steep slope at Peterhead Golf Club by swinging the 23kg (51lb) mower from side to side using a rope attached to the handle.
The 24-year-old says he fell down the slope and injured his leg so badly he needed hospital treatment and considerable time off work.
Greenkeeper sues golf club for £150K after 'lawnmower swinging accident' - Deadline News
Worker killed in freak accident at power station - Irish Independent
THE family of a man killed in a workplace accident in Longford have spoken of their shock and disbelief at how he died.
John O'Donnell, from Magheraveen in Lanesborough, Co Longford, died after becoming trapped in machinery at the Lough Ree power station as peat was being loaded to feed the plant.
Gardai, the Health and Safety Authority and Bord na Mona have launched three separate investigations into the accident.
Worker killed in freak accident at power station - Irish Independent
Brick fall accident - Blackpool Gazette
GRANDMOTHER’S home was left in a real mess when bricks came crashing through the ceiling.
Janet Andrews had taken her one-year-old granddaughter for a walk on Friday afternoon to avoid the noise of council workmen replacing the tiles on her roof.
When she returned home to Lentworth Avenue, Bispham, she found around 4m by 2m of her bedroom ceiling had collapsed, with workmen telling her some displaced bricks had caused the damage.
The 51-year-old said: “I was going to put my granddaughter to bed in the bedroom but it was so noisy I took her out.
Brick fall accident - Blackpool Gazette
Friday, 23 November 2012
Nagged to Death - Romanian Times
Nagged to Death - Around the World News - Romanian Times Online News - English Newspaper: A lumber yard horse hauling wood bit his owner to death when he was forced to carry one too many loads, say police in southern China.
Victim Yang Feng, 31, had forced his horse to work after others had been put in their stables for the night when suddenly the gelding snapped.
First it battered Yang to the ground with its hooves, then it bit his neck severing an artery.
Visit safety photos
Victim Yang Feng, 31, had forced his horse to work after others had been put in their stables for the night when suddenly the gelding snapped.
First it battered Yang to the ground with its hooves, then it bit his neck severing an artery.
Visit safety photos
Tragedy averted in Chennai mall - The Times of India
Tragedy averted in Chennai mall - The Times of India: CHENNAI: Desperate to keep a lid on a fire that broke out in Express Avenue Mall on Friday, officials in charge of running the shopping centre and multiplex attempted to douse the blaze themselves, endangering several hundred visitors to the mall.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Florida Dive Boat Accident: Catamaran Capsizes In Pamano Beach, Killing One Woman [Video]
Florida Dive Boat Accident: Catamaran Capsizes In Pamano Beach, Killing One Woman [Video]: A holiday diving trip turned deadly for a group of tourists on Thursday when their boat capsized off Florida’s Atlantic coast, throwing all 23 people on board into the ocean.
According to KWTX, the 45-foot catamaran Coral Princess capsized early Thursday afternoon after being struck by a rouge wave off the coast of Pampano Beach, Florida.
Visit safety photos
According to KWTX, the 45-foot catamaran Coral Princess capsized early Thursday afternoon after being struck by a rouge wave off the coast of Pampano Beach, Florida.
Visit safety photos
Man’s death at Portsmouth scrapyard investigated - - Portsmouth News
Man’s death at Portsmouth scrapyard investigated - Local - Portsmouth News: WORKERS have spoken of their shock after a 50-year-old man was killed in a tragic industrial accident at a scrapyard in Portsmouth.
The man was working at Tipner Scrapyard off Twyford Avenue, Stamshaw, when he was killed after he was struck by a piece of equipment attached to a crane at around 12.10pm on Wednesday.
Details have only just been released by police.
Visit safety photos
The man was working at Tipner Scrapyard off Twyford Avenue, Stamshaw, when he was killed after he was struck by a piece of equipment attached to a crane at around 12.10pm on Wednesday.
Details have only just been released by police.
Visit safety photos
King’s Lynn firm in court over death of worker - - Eastern Daily Press #manslaughter
King’s Lynn firm in court over death of worker - News - Eastern Daily Press: Corporate manslaughter proceedings against a company whose worker died when a trailer he was towing touched an overhead cable will be heard at Norwich Crown Court.
Grzegorz Pieton, 26, died from an electric shock in July 2010. It happened while he was working for Belmont Nursery at Terrington St Clement, near King’s Lynn.
Visit safety photos
Grzegorz Pieton, 26, died from an electric shock in July 2010. It happened while he was working for Belmont Nursery at Terrington St Clement, near King’s Lynn.
Visit safety photos
Julia Gillard's work safety plans hit hurdle
Julia Gillard's work safety plans hit hurdle | health and safety, safety news, workplace safety, safety products, materials handling: JULIA Gillard's hopes for a quick implementation of uniform national workplace safety laws are in doubt as some of Australia's biggest companies warn that the new regime could saddle them with extra costs and give excessive powers to workers.
While the Prime Minister has promised the laws would boost productivity and slash business costs, major companies including Rio Tinto, Woolworths and Xstrata Coal are demanding changes to the draft regulations that will underpin the new laws.
Visit safety photos
While the Prime Minister has promised the laws would boost productivity and slash business costs, major companies including Rio Tinto, Woolworths and Xstrata Coal are demanding changes to the draft regulations that will underpin the new laws.
Visit safety photos
Chemical plant near Rotterdam partly closed on safety concerns
DutchNews.nl - Chemical plant near Rotterdam partly closed on safety concerns: Government inspectors have closed down part of the Organik Kimya chemicals plant on the Botlek industrial park near Rotterdam because it cannot guarantee safety in its control room.
An unannounced night inspection on November 9 found shortcomings in safety standards and polluted water being discharged without proper supervision. The inspectors also found problems with labelling dangerous substances, Nos television said.
Visit safety photos
An unannounced night inspection on November 9 found shortcomings in safety standards and polluted water being discharged without proper supervision. The inspectors also found problems with labelling dangerous substances, Nos television said.
Visit safety photos
Caerphilly food business prosecuted for poor hygiene | News | CaerphillyObserver.co.uk
Caerphilly food business prosecuted for poor hygiene | News | CaerphillyObserver.co.uk: The owner of a Caerphilly-based food business has been ordered to pay �2,315 after admitting a string of food hygiene charges.
Rhiannon Cornwall, the operator of Incredible Edibles, previously of Station Terrace, The Bowls, Penyrheol, was prosecuted by Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environmental Health and Trading Standards teams.
Visit safety photos
Rhiannon Cornwall, the operator of Incredible Edibles, previously of Station Terrace, The Bowls, Penyrheol, was prosecuted by Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environmental Health and Trading Standards teams.
Visit safety photos
DIY Plane Builders Manslaughter Warning After Wings Fell Off - - Romanian Times
DIY Plane Builders Manslaughter Warning After Wings Fell Off - Around the World News - Romanian Times Online News - English Newspaper: A group of students could face manslaughter charges after building a plane that crashed leaving two people dead when the wings fell off in western Sweden last week.
The Zenair CH 701 was built by high school students working on a vocational project but they never bothered to finish it - and it was sold to a flying club for 10,000 GBP
Visit safety photos
The Zenair CH 701 was built by high school students working on a vocational project but they never bothered to finish it - and it was sold to a flying club for 10,000 GBP
Visit safety photos
Ministry Wants Answers From Lift Company - allAfrica.com: Namibia:
allAfrica.com: Namibia: Ministry Wants Answers From Lift Company: THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an investigation into the cause of a lift accident in the ministry’s building on Wednesday.
A lift installed by the Otis Elevator Company fell eight floors, seriously injuring Parliament restaurant worker Jessica Katusuva.
A paramedic at the accident scene said Katusuva injured her pelvis and thigh bones.
Visit safety photos
A lift installed by the Otis Elevator Company fell eight floors, seriously injuring Parliament restaurant worker Jessica Katusuva.
A paramedic at the accident scene said Katusuva injured her pelvis and thigh bones.
Visit safety photos
Work stopped at Flintshire factory over explosives fears - North Wales News
Work stopped at Flintshire factory over explosives fears - North Wales News - News - Daily Post North Wales: WORK has been stopped at a pharmaceuticals factory after potentially explosive chemicals were found on the site.
Security has been tightened at drug manufacturer Euticals Limited, Sandycroft in Flintshire, while tests are carried out.
Flintshire Council chief executive Colin Everett said a “substantial quantity of potentially explosive pharmaceutical material”, Isosorbide Dinitrate (ISDN Pure) – was identified on site.
Visit safety photos
Security has been tightened at drug manufacturer Euticals Limited, Sandycroft in Flintshire, while tests are carried out.
Flintshire Council chief executive Colin Everett said a “substantial quantity of potentially explosive pharmaceutical material”, Isosorbide Dinitrate (ISDN Pure) – was identified on site.
Visit safety photos
Sunderland fridge engineer accused of false £900,000 accident claim - Sunderland Echo
Sunderland fridge engineer accused of false �900,000 accident claim - Crime - Sunderland Echo: A FRIDGE engineer has appeared in court accused of fraudulently trying to claim more than �900,000 over an accident at work.
David Ribchester, from Cricklewood Road, in Hylton Castle, Sunderland, injured both wrists after falling off a ladder while working for a company in Newcastle in 2006.
Visit safety photos
David Ribchester, from Cricklewood Road, in Hylton Castle, Sunderland, injured both wrists after falling off a ladder while working for a company in Newcastle in 2006.
Visit safety photos
Ant-man ruins house with poison bombs - Germany -
Ant-man ruins house with poison bombs - The Local: A German couple who called a pest exterminator to kill ants in their new house are looking for somewhere new to live after the man used too many poison bombs and contaminated their home so badly it has been torn down.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Foreign ship banned from leaving Vietnam port after oil spill
Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily | Foreign ship banned from leaving Vietnam port after oil spill: Maritime authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have banned a Panamanian-flagged ship from leaving after it spilled nearly 1,000 liters of oil at a local port Friday.
Le Van Luong, deputy director of the Quang Ngai Port Authority, told Thanh Nien that Race Express belonging to Chinese-owned Nova Shipping & Logistics Pte Ltd can only leave Dung Quat Port after its owners cleaned up the spill.
Visit safety photos
Le Van Luong, deputy director of the Quang Ngai Port Authority, told Thanh Nien that Race Express belonging to Chinese-owned Nova Shipping & Logistics Pte Ltd can only leave Dung Quat Port after its owners cleaned up the spill.
Visit safety photos
3 die, 2 injured as crane collapses in southern Vietnam
Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily | 3 die, 2 injured as crane collapses in southern Vietnam: Three workers were killed and two others injured when a 1,200-ton crane collapsed and buried them in the southern town of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Sunday.
The accident happened at the port operated by the PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp (PTSC) where the crane was loading a 360-ton block on a ship.
Witnesses said the ground sunk and the crane toppled over, burying five people working nearby.
Visit safety photos
The accident happened at the port operated by the PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp (PTSC) where the crane was loading a 360-ton block on a ship.
Witnesses said the ground sunk and the crane toppled over, burying five people working nearby.
Visit safety photos
Albanian labourer dies after 10m roof plunge - - Austrian Times
Albanian labourer dies after 10m roof plunge - General News - Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper: An Austrian man died after he fell 10 meters while working on a roof in Wien-Donaustadt.
According to emergency services the man was dead instantly.
Visit safety photos
According to emergency services the man was dead instantly.
Visit safety photos
Landlord is prosecuted (From York Press)
Landlord is prosecuted (From York Press): A LANDLORD has been prosecuted by Selby District Council after failing to act on warnings about an unsafe property.
David Alexander, 52, appeared before Selby Magistrates’ Court to face five counts of failing to comply with improvement notices.
Alexander pleaded guilty to the five charges, which ranged from excess cold in the property, at Church Hill, Sherburn-in-Elmet, to damp and mould, personal hygiene and a hazard relating to uncombusted fuel gas.
Visit safety photos
David Alexander, 52, appeared before Selby Magistrates’ Court to face five counts of failing to comply with improvement notices.
Alexander pleaded guilty to the five charges, which ranged from excess cold in the property, at Church Hill, Sherburn-in-Elmet, to damp and mould, personal hygiene and a hazard relating to uncombusted fuel gas.
Visit safety photos
Farm worker killed as tractor rolls into gully - National - NZ Herald News
Farm worker killed as tractor rolls into gully - National - NZ Herald News: A 59-year-old farm worker died when his tractor overturned and plunged down a steep slope on a Teviot farm, near Millers Flat in central Otago yesterday afternoon.
The man was one of a group raking and baling hay on the property.
Visit safety photos
The man was one of a group raking and baling hay on the property.
Visit safety photos
Factory worker, 24, suffered serious injuries to neck and throat when she was pulled into conveyor | Mail Online
Factory worker, 24, suffered serious injuries to neck and throat when she was pulled into conveyor | Mail Online: A coat hanger factory worker suffered serious injuries to her neck and throat that almost resulted in her death when her hair and scarf became entangled in the chain and drive of a conveyor.Kelly Nield, 24, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, suffered the injuries in April 2009 at a Mainetti factory in Holywell, Flintshire, which manufactures and recycles coat hangers for supermarkets, a court heard.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Asbestos found in recycling: plant shut down | The Inverell Times
Asbestos found in recycling: plant shut down | The Inverell Times: INVERELL’S recycling plant was closed down yesterday afternoon and will probably remain so for at least some of today after asbestos was found in a truckload of supposedly recyclable material.
See your ad hereSee your ad hereThe old fibro was detected as it came through the plant on the conveyor where workers sort materials.�No one knew how much fibro was in the truckload and workers were quickly evacuated from their workplaces while steps were taken to get rid of the threat.
Visit safety photos
See your ad hereSee your ad hereThe old fibro was detected as it came through the plant on the conveyor where workers sort materials.�No one knew how much fibro was in the truckload and workers were quickly evacuated from their workplaces while steps were taken to get rid of the threat.Visit safety photos
Derby trio fined over kebab filling which was 'mainly fat with flecks of meat' | This is Derbyshire
Derby trio fined over kebab filling which was 'mainly fat with flecks of meat' | This is Derbyshire: THREE Derby taxi drivers operated a kebab factory which used suspect meat and could have prompted a health alert.
Environmental health officers uncovered the illegal operation in a Long Eaton industrial unit and seized nearly 11 tonnes of meat.
Visit safety photos
Environmental health officers uncovered the illegal operation in a Long Eaton industrial unit and seized nearly 11 tonnes of meat.
Visit safety photos
Fakenham businessman chains himself to district council offices and threatens to stab himself in protest at treatment over health and safety issue - Politics - Eastern Daily Press
Fakenham businessman chains himself to district council offices and threatens to stab himself in protest at treatment over health and safety issue - Politics - Eastern Daily Press: A Fakenham businessman this morning chained himself to railings at the North Norfolk District Council offices in Cromer and threatened to stab himself in protest at long-running dispute he has had with the council over a health and safety issue.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Park fined for safety breaches -- Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Park fined for safety breaches - UK, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk: A wildlife park run by TV star Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband has been fined �70,000 for health and safety breaches.Colin MacDougall, the celebrity interior designer's husband, received a further fine of �4,000 after he admitted to two identical breaches.
Visit safety photos
Visit safety photos
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Jones & Ors v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change & Anr [2012] Abercwmboi Phurnacite Works
This case concerned eight lead claims brought by men who had formerly worked at the Abercwmboi Phurnacite Works. Around 250 claimants were part of a joint action, in which they claimed that they had suffered respiratory disease and/or cancer as a consequence of exposure to dust and fumes in the course of working at the phurnacite works.
The Secretary of State conducted proceedings both on his own behalf and on behalf of the Second Defendant, the defunct company which had operated the phurnacite works.
Blast on N.Korean Cargo Ship Injures 5 - The Chosun Ilbo
An explosion on a North Korean cargo ship at anchor in Hong Kong waters has left two sailors badly burned and three others hurt, Chinese media reported Wednesday.
They said the ship's engine room suddenly caught fire around 9 a.m. on Tuesday when the vessel was sitting south of Tsing Yi Island. The accident injured five crewmen, with two in critical conditions.
Man dies in power plant work accident - The Sun
A WIDOWED dad was killed in a freak accident at a power station yesterday.
Fitter John O’Donnell, from Lanesboro, Co Longford, died at the ESB Lough Ree facility in his hometown.
The Bord na Mona worker, in his late 50s, is believed to have been trapped in machinery he was repairing around 1am.
Driver Charged After 18-Wheeler Rear-Ends Mower In Martin County - WITN
After their co-worker was killed in a mowing accident on Monday, members of one local lawn care company are speaking out to ensure safety for their workers in the future.
Henry Kornegay, 59-years-old from Ayden, died after an 18-wheeler collided with his tractor Monday afternoon on Highway 64 in Martin County.
David Rogerson is the owner of the Precision Lawn Care and Landscaping company where Kornegay worked for the last 14 years. He says whether it's a two-lane street or a four-lane highway, drivers need to be aware when workers are nearby. Rogerson says, "Anytime you see a tractor or any type of, somebody working on the road or something, whether they're mowing grass or putting utilities in, to slow down and remember that person has a family."
Driver Charged After 18-Wheeler Rear-Ends Mower In Martin County - WITN
Disneyland employee injured in Space Mountain accident - Southwest Riverside News Network
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Firefighters say a Disneyland worker was badly injured while he was cleaning the roof of the Space Mountain ride.
The Orange County Register reports ( http://bit.ly/10fa2xq) the 37-year-old man suffered a broken leg, a broken clavicle and may have broken ribs in the Wednesday morning accident.Anaheim Fire Marshal Jeff Lutz says his department responded to a call at 7:05 a.m. that a contract worker had slid along the sloped roof of Space Mountain after one of the ropes in his harness apparently came loose.
He apparently slid 20 feet before crashing into a barricade at the bottom of the 45 degree-angled roof.
Disneyland employee injured in Space Mountain accident - Southwest Riverside News Network
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
High level talks for council staff stuck in lift - Echo
COUNCIL staff found themselves having high level talks when they got stuck in the lift of a troubled tower block.
The drop-in session, organised by the Basildon Community Safety Partnership (CSP) at Brooke House in Basildon’s Town Square had been held for residents to raise concerns about anti-social behaviour at the flats.
Giant 279-metre-long container ship runs aground in Prince Rupert Harbour - Regina Leader-Post
PRINCE RUPERT - A container ship loaded with freight ran aground in the Prince Rupert Harbour on Tuesday evening.
At around 10:30 p.m., the Hanjin Geneva swerved to avoid a small fishing boat and hit a sandbar about six nautical miles from Prince Rupert, said Michael Gurney, a spokesman with the Prince Rupert Port Authority.
Giant 279-metre-long container ship runs aground in Prince Rupert Harbour - Regina Leader-Post
Crewman seriously injured - Manawatu Standard
A Chinese man on board a logging ship in Picton was taken to hospital with serious head injuries early yesterday after being hit on the head with a large crane hook.
The 28-year-old man was flown to Wairau Hospital, in Blenheim, and then to Hutt Hospital for surgery.
Ship's agent Southern Maritime Services director Bryce Fleming said the crewman was hit by the heavy hook when he was securing cranes on the Hope Star before starting work so the cranes would not swing around at sea.
Four cranes are fixed on the deck of the ship, with each crane capable of lifting about 30 tonnes, Mr Fleming said.
"It must have just swung and hit him."
The ship was docked at Waimahara Wharf in Shakespeare Bay, next to Picton Harbour, when the accident happened about 12.30am.
Council's sacked asbestos contractor was prosecuted in court just six months ago - Ayrshire Post
A safety firm were given a contract to test council houses for asbestos – just months after being prosecuted for failing to remove the potentially lethal substance on one of their own sites.
Exova (UK) Limited won the tender to test homes across South Ayrshire.
But the Post can reveal the same company admitted months earlier to three breaches of the Control of Asbestos Regulations Act.
Despite a fine and heavy criticism from the Health and Safety Executive, bosses at South Ayrshire still handed the firm a contract worth £155,000.
Council's sacked asbestos contractor was prosecuted in court just six months ago - Ayrshire Post
Toxic Gas Leaves 5 Dead in NW China Mine - CRIENGLISH.com
Toxic gas inside a copper mine has left five workers dead in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities confirmed on Wednesday.
The accident occurred around 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday when the workers, all from Wenzhou No. 2 Pit Engineering Company, were working at Dadi Mining Company in Lueyang County, according to a statement from the county government.
An initial investigation showed that a worker surnamed Feng entered a shaft that has been sealed for half a year to fetch clothes that he had left there before the shaft was sealed.
FPL worker injured after falling 10 to 15 feet - wflx
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (WFLX) - Doctors continue to treat a maintenance worker Wednesday afternoon after he fell several feet down a turbine and landed between some pipes.
FPL says the man was a contractor with Mitsubishi Power Systems of America based in Orlando. The battalion chief said the man was alert and awake before the Trauma Hawk flew him to St. Mary's. He says that was good indication that he would be ok.
The accident happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday at the West County Energy Center in Loxahatchee. It took rescue crews at least an hour and a half to free the victim.
FPL worker injured after falling 10 to 15 feet - wflx
Teaching assistant wins £800000 payout after tripping over a wheelchair and ... - Daily Mail
A teaching assistant has been paid out a total of £800,000 after tripping over a wheelchair.
Lancashire County Council paid damages, plus £140,000 in legal costs, after the employee tripped over the waist strap of an empty wheelchair while trying to move it, a Freedom of Information request has found.
The employee, who cannot be named for legal reasons, dislocated a finger and suffered an injury to an elbow.
Teaching assistant wins £800000 payout after tripping over a wheelchair and ... - Daily Mail
Jurors Give 80-Year Sentence for Toddler's Death in Daycare Fire
HOUSTON (CN) - A daycare operator who left her charges alone in the house with a still-burning stove, causing a fire that killed four children, will serve 80 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Jessica Tata left the children, all of whom were under the age of 4, unattended to shop at a nearby Target in February 2011. While she was gone, a pan with oil on a hot burner caught fire.
Elias Castillo, 16 months, Kendyll Stradford, 20 months, Elizabeth Kajoh, 19 months, and 3-year-old Shomari Dickerson died in the blaze. Another three were injured.
Tata's defense attorney Mike DeGeurin had argued that a defective refrigerator switch started the fire.
Jurors Give 80-Year Sentence for Toddler's Death in Daycare Fire
Plant Pays $14M to Settle Louisiana Pollution Suit
BATON ROUGE (CN) - The NRG Energy electric plant Louisiana Generating will pay $14 million in fines and environmental-improvement projects to settle pollution claims.
Justice Department officials heralded the settlement Tuesday as the largest Clean Air Act agreement in Louisiana history.
The government had sued the company in 2009 over the Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, La.
Assistant Attorney General Ignacia Moreno called Big Cajun II Power Plant "the largest source of illegal air pollution in Louisiana."
It had faced claims that it violated federal and state law by operating Big Cajun II Units 1 and 2 without the required permits, and that it should have installed modern air pollution controls after undergoing the largest boiler modifications in the history of the plant.
Takeaway owner fined for hygiene offences (From The Northern Echo)
A TAKEAWAY owner has been fined for allowing food to be prepared on his premises without the use of running water.
Mr Ibrahim Nassar, the owner of La Roma pizzeria, in Northgate, pleaded guilty at Darlington Magistrates’ Court to four food hygiene offences on Wednesday (October 31).
Takeaway owner fined for hygiene offences (From The Northern Echo)
Rungs snapped, sending the man to the bottom of the 10-foot pit
CALCUTTA - An employee with the water and sewer department of the county engineer's office sustained head injuries Tuesday afternoon after falling down a water meter pit outside an apartment complex in St. Clair Township.
Another employee at the scene who declined to be identified said the worker had been descending a ladder built into the wall of a water meter shaft at the edge of Calcutta Woods Apartments, 15172 Sprucevale Road, when one of the rungs snapped, sending the man to the bottom of the 10-foot pit. The victim was attempting to take a monthly water meter reading at the complex when the incident occurred.
Worker hurt - MorningJournalNews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Lisbon, Ohio - The Morning Journal
Worker killed after trench collapse on N.C. State campus - NewsObserver.com
RALEIGH -- State labor officials investigating the death of a construction worker who died Tuesday after becoming trapped in a trench on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus will determine whether the man’s employer had equipment in place designed to prevent a cave-in.
The man, whose name has not been released, was working in a four-foot trench when he was covered in about three feet of dirt
Worker killed after trench collapse on N.C. State campus - Crime/Safety - NewsObserver.com
Company directors to face fewer prosecutions - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Previously, directors could be held personally liable in the state if they failed to prevent their companies from committing more than 1,000 different offences.
But that number has now been reduced to about 150, to bring the state into line with principles agreed at COAG.
Greens MP John Kaye says the changes will encourage a cowboy corporate culture.
"This is about directors turning a blind eye when corporations do the wrong thing," he said.
Company directors to face fewer prosecutions - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Public Works pleads guilty in death of worker killed by boiler explosion
OTTAWA - The federal department of Public Works has pleaded guilty to three charges in the death of a worker killed when an Ottawa boiler plant exploded.
Peter Kennedy, 50, was killed in October 2009, and three others were injured, when a boiler blew in a steam plant that helps heat the parliamentary precinct and other downtown buildings.
Public Works pleads guilty in death of worker killed by boiler explosion
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Four face court over Dubai building deaths - The National
DUBAI // Four men have been charged in court over the deaths of three building workers in a scaffold collapse.
The workers FA, MSH and MJ, died on January 21 after the scaffolding around a nine-storey residential tower in Dubailand collapsed in heavy wind and rain.
State records rise in number of workplace accidents – BorneoPost
KUCHING: The state recorded 367 accidents at workplaces from January to September this year from 340 accidents last year.
Out of this figure, 27 cases resulted in deaths while 311 caused temporary disabilities and 29 resulted in permanent disabilities, revealed State Occupational Safety and Health Department director Mohd Hatta Zakaria yesterday.
Speaking at the launching of ‘Occupational Safety and Health Workshop’ for the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) sector held at Penview Inn here, he said the state contributed about 20 per cent of the 2,214 cases of workplace accidents recorded nationwide.
Two children awarded €7500 each after being trapped in Lidl lift for 30 minutes - Irish Independent
TWO young children who were trapped in a Lidl lift for half an hour have been awarded €7,500 each in the Circuit Civil Court.
Barrister David Richardson told the court that six-year-old Dawson Wilson was with his mother Gwendolyn and his cousin Luke Wilson (12) in the lift on June 25, 2011 when it stuck.
He said the incident happened in Lidl’s Cork Street, Dublin, store and both children suffered psychological injuries and retained a fear of lifts because of their experience.
Two children awarded €7500 each after being trapped in Lidl lift for 30 minutes - Irish Independent
Construction site worker killed in landslip - Times of India
MANGALORE: One construction site worker died on the spot and six others were injured when a hillock caved in on them at Derebail village here on Tuesday. The incident took place at the site on the Kuntikana-Kavoor Road. While locals pulled out two of them almost immediately after the hillock collapsed, personnel from fire and emergency services the rest in a quick fire rescue operation that lasted around 30 minutes, preventing more fatalities.
Construction site worker killed in landslip - Times of India
Rat-infested restaurants in Tottenham and Wood Green could face prosecution -- Tottenham Journal
Officers of Haringey Council food safety environmental health discovered filthy, rodent-infested conditions at the BBQ Xpress on Station Road in Wood Green and the Adaugo Express Ltd on High Road in South Tottenham last month.
The BBQ Xpress was infested with rats and mice, with food at risk of contamination. The Adaugo Express Ltd was also found heavily infested by mice. Droppings were found throughout the premises, food items had been gnawed and food packaging was contaminated with mouse urine and droppings.
Worker killed by falling tree - U-T San Diego
JAMUL — A worker who was cutting down a large oak tree died Monday after it fell on him, authorities said.Deputies and paramedics were called about 11:55 a.m. to property on Mother Grundy Truck Trail in Jamul, the Sheriff’s Department said.It appeared that the 69-year-old man had been cutting down the tree on a ranch or farm with a chain saw, Cal Fire Capt. David Yeager said.
Worker trapped in pond - Northern Advocate
Emergency services were called to an Awanui Straight dairy farm, three kilometres north of Kaitaia, yesterday morning when a farm manager became trapped in an effluent pond pump.
John Naera, who was believed to have been suspended waist deep in the pond for an hour or more before he was found and emergency services were called, was freed when a digger was used to lift the pump, enabling him to haul himself backwards along a boom to the bank.
He was initially treated at the scene by a St John ambulance crew before being admitted to Kaitaia Hospital with a broken leg.
Pub hygiene horrors found by inspector - This is Somerset
A Roundham couple are facing the possible loss of their livelihood after environmental health officers found the pub they run in the village in an appalling state.A shocked inspector who made a surprise visit to the Travellers Rest pub found the kitchen and bar areas in a filthy condition, encrusted with dirt and covered in dog hairs.
Meat lay unwrapped on a counter and a container of dog food dripping with a blood-like substance was found in the same fridge as food the couple served to their customers.
Leaking pipes had dripped into buckets placed beneath them which had overflowed and covered the kitchen floor. A dirty mop bucket and a box containing tools, oils and other lubricants were lying around.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Authorities ignored safety complaints before Assiut crash: Railway workers - Ahram Online
Authorities ignored previous warnings that the railway crossing in Assiut where a train-bus crash killed 50 people on Saturday required repairs, a lawyer for the one of the crossing workers under investigation said.
Crossing workers had submitted several complaints to the railway authority stating the crossing's alarm system and telephone were broken at the the Mandara crossing, the site of the disaster, according to the lawyer.
Authorities ignored safety complaints before Assiut crash: Railway workers - Ahram Online
Fury and bewilderment at plans to curb judicial reviews
Lawyers responded critically to the prime minister’s call today for measures to cut the number of applications for judicial review.
Adam Chapman, partner and head of public law at national firm Kingsley Napley, described the focus on judicial reviews as ‘a peculiar target’ in the quest for better economic competitiveness.
Takeaway fined after food poisoning - Bedford Today
A takeaway in Kempston has been fined £2,250 after being found guilty of four food hygiene charges. The Ackee Tree, in Bedford Road, was investigated by Bedford Borough Councils’ environmental health team in July 2011 following a food poisoning outbreak.
Mr Anthony Riley, 53, of Ackworth Crescent, Luton, appeared at Bedford Magistrates Court on November 6, and was found guilty of selling food which was unfit for human consumption after a goat curry had been eaten by three members of the public. The food was later found to be contaminated with high levels of the food poisoning organism Clostridium Perfringens.
Raymond Blanc restaurant banned from serving lamb's liver after food poisoning - Telegraph.co.uk
A restaurant run by Michelin starred chef Raymond Blanc has been banned from serving liver after the undercooked dish left two diners with potentially fatal food poisoning.
Two customers at Blanc Brasserie, in Covent Garden, London, were left ill after eating pink lamb’s liver which was not cooked thoroughly enough, a court has been told.
The restaurant has now been banned from serving the dish, after failing to heed a warning from council environmental health officers, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
The food had “presented an imminent risk of injury to health because the process of cooking”, the court was told.
Raymond Blanc restaurant banned from serving lamb's liver after food poisoning - Telegraph.co.uk
Breast Cancer Risks Linked to Working Environment - WebProNews
A new study shows that some occupations, such as those that expose workers to carcinogens and endocrine disrupters, raise risks for breast cancer. Jobs sectors that showed an increased risk included agriculture, bar/gambling, automotive plastics manufacturing, food canning, and metal-working.The study, published in the journal Environmental Health, looked at 1006 breast cancer cases in Southern Ontario, Canada. The patients took surveys and were interviewed, providing researchers with their occupational histories. The jobs were then coded for their likelihood of exposure to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors.The researchers found that women in jobs with high potential exposures to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors had an “elevated” risk for breast cancer. Premenopausal breast cancer risk was found to be highest for the automotive platics and food canning professions.
Breast Cancer Risks Linked to Working Environment - WebProNews
Witness Bumps Her Head in Court
DALLAS (CN) - A witness appearing in a suburban Dallas court claims in court that she was injured when a court officer moved the chair she was sitting in. Cathy Travis sued Glenn Heights, Texas, in Dallas County Court. Travis says she testified in municipal court on Nov. 18, 2010. "During this court appearance at one point, Ms. Travis stood up and when she attempted to sit back down, Officer Chancey, an employee by defendant City of Glenn Heights, Texas moved the chair causing Ms. Travis to fall and hit her head, which resulted in numerous injuries," the complaint states.
Witness Bumps Her Head in Court
DALLAS (CN) - A witness appearing in a suburban Dallas court claims in court that she was injured when a court officer moved the chair she was sitting in. Cathy Travis sued Glenn Heights, Texas, in Dallas County Court. Travis says she testified in municipal court on Nov. 18, 2010. "During this court appearance at one point, Ms. Travis stood up and when she attempted to sit back down, Officer Chancey, an employee by defendant City of Glenn Heights, Texas moved the chair causing Ms. Travis to fall and hit her head, which resulted in numerous injuries," the complaint states.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)