The issue of road safety has been very much in the spotlight recently, with a number of organisations highlighting the steps that drivers can take to reduce the likelihood of accident and injury. Drivers Warned of the Dangers of Tailgating Earlier this month, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) held its annual Injury Prevention Day, […]

New research has highlighted the need for more action to prevent women feeling forced to wear high heels. The review by researchers at the University of Aberdeen examined research into the physical damage wearing high heels can cause as well as the social and cultural aspects surrounding their wear. Unsurprisingly, a wealth of studies demonstrated wearing high […]

Injuries to the hand occur all too frequently in the workplace, especially where the work conducted is physical in nature. Unfortunately, many of these injuries could be prevented if only employers put the necessary precautions in place. Worker Injured Using Saw In a recent example reported by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a worker for […]

Details of work-related fatalities that occurred in 2016/17 have been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The provisional annual data revealed that 137 workers were fatally injured between April 2016 and March 2017 (a rate of 0.43 per 100,000 workers), the second lowest year on record. “Every fatality is a tragic event that should not […]