A Bill created to close a legal loophole on the prosecution of partnerships reached a milestone in its journey through Parliament last month, when it was approved by the House of Lords. It has now begun its passage through the House of Commons.
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The Government has claimed that two recently published reports demonstrate the rapid progress it is making in restoring common sense to health and safety and saving businesses millions of pounds and considerable time every year.
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Provisional statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on workplace ill health and injury in Britain between April 2011 and March 2012 have shown a slight improvement in a number of key areas.
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Transport Scotland has recently published details on the number of reported road accident and casualty statistics in Scotland during 2011.
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A last-minute addition to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has put workplace health and safety back into the Victorian age, according to a not-for-profit campaign group.
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A construction company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was run over by a seven tonne digger in Mansfield.
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According to recently published data, InjuriesBoard.ie has seen a gradual but consistent increase (4.1%) in claims volumes in the first six months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.
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Employers should consider the experience and training of young drivers at work as early as the recruitment stage, according to the findings of a report from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to the waste and recycling industry to renew efforts to improve worker safety, following a spate of deaths over the summer.
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A consultation on proposals to lower the drink driving limit in Scotland has been published by the Scottish Government.
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A Shropshire milking company has been fined after a worker suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a steel beam at a Derbyshire farm.
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The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is calling on the government to redesign crash barriers to make them more motorcycle-friendly. While crash barriers have saved the lives of thousands of drivers, hitting a crash barrier is a factor in 8 – 16% of rider deaths.
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The Government and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have announced a new support scheme for newly diagnosed victims of mesothelioma.
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Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are appealing to dog owners to help keep animals under control during the school holidays this summer when postmen and women call to deliver mail.
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Road safety charity Brake is calling on the government to give far greater priority to preventing devastating road casualties and making communities safer, as new government statistics reveal an increase in people killed and seriously injured on British roads for the first time in 17 years.
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The Scottish Ambulance Service Board (SASB) has been fined £55,000 (reduced from £80,000 on account of the plea) after pleading guilty to a breach of Sections 3(1) and 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, which led to the death of Mrs May Jean Morris, 78.
The SASB pleaded guilty to failing to make a suitable and sufficient assessment for the period between June 2007 and December 2008 of the risk to the health and safety of members of the public who were in wheelchairs while being transported in their vehicles.
By failing to provide a wheelchair tie-down and occupant restraint system, they also failed to ensure that Mrs Morris was adequately secured in the Passenger Transport Vehicle. Further, they failed to provide such information, instruction and supervision as was necessary to ensure that the vehicle was only deployed for transportation of wheelchair users for which the necessary wheelchair tie-down and occupant restraint systems (WTORs) equipment for their safety was provided.
On 10th December 2008, Mrs. Morris was travelling as a passenger within the Passenger Transport Vehicle. Although her wheelchair was secured by webbing straps to the floor of the vehicle, Mrs Morris was only secured by means of a nylon lap belt which was part of her wheelchair. This was contrary to SASB protocol for the transport of a person while in his or her own wheelchair.
The vehicle was involved in a low speed collision while waiting in a line of traffic in Renfrew Road, Paisley. As a result of being inadequately secured, Mrs Morris was thrown from her wheelchair and sustained injuries from which she died three days later.
The investigation established that SAS managers knew of the failure to provide and deploy WTORS. The specification of equipment on the vehicle was below what was required to safely complete the scheduled days work.
Northern Ireland Environment Minister, Alex Attwood, has proposed radical changes in driver training and new driver safety. The new measures which reflect best practice around the world, are a fundamental shift towards safer driving among young people.
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The Department of Health has recently published the report of the review into the PiP breast implant scandal, which looked at whether the UK regulator – the MHRA – and the Department of Health acted appropriately both before and after information about the problems with these implants came to light.
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Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down.
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Workers’ Memorial Day took place on Saturday 28th April, to mark the many thousands of lives lost due to workplace accidents or ill health.
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