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Liverpool Crown Court heard employee William Taylor fell more than
3m during the construction of concrete stairs inside one of the main
apartment blocks on the project.
"Had the accident not occurred this same system of work would have
been repeated on every one of the 12 floors of the building. A fall from
that height would clearly have had much more serious consequences."
A Laing O'Rourke spokesman said the company "has learned and will
continue to learn lessons from this incident".
The company – which was fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £10,000
in court costs – pleaded guilty to a breach under the Health and
Safety at Work etc Act.
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South Hadley police say 56-year-old Marc Sugrue was cutting a large
limb from a tree on Wednesday when the chain saw he was using
kicked back and cut into his neck.
He leaves his wife, Janis, and five daughters ranging in age from 17
to 30.
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OSHA inspectors were on the site the next day. According to the
agency, the company was guilty of several serious violations,
including failing to properly train employees on specific safety and
health hazards and failing to ensure employees’ use of safety
equipment.
State and local officials have criticized plant managers for not
providing emergency responders information about what was taking
place at the plant, saying they couldn’t make a conclusion whether
the public near the site was in danger as the disaster unfolded.
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The Day is supported by Unite the union, which is calling for millions
to be invested in research to treat mesothelioma sufferers, and
support their families. Said joint general secretary, Derek Simpson:
“This horrific disease, caused mainly by exposure to asbestos, has
been rife within industries in which our members have traditionally
worked, such as engineering, construction, ship-building, and
railways. We will continue to fight for those who have been affected to
ensure they receive adequate compensation, but our fight will not
stop there. We want to make sure adequate resources are available
to find better medical treatments and, hopefully, a cure.”
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have been killed over the past 10 years, in accidents ranging from car
crashes to electric shocks.
The minutes quote MoD official, Sir Ian Andrews, who warned his
peers: “Examination of the figures on deaths in the Armed Forces
between 2001 and 2008 showed that one in three of the total number
recorded was caused by health and safety failures. . . Analysis of the
data on fatalities, which, overall, had worsened during the reporting
period, suggested the department had to improve significantly.”
In the run-up to the Act gaining Royal Assent, Colonel Chris Manning
told the IOSH Conference in 2007 that it was imperative for the
military to take on the challenge presented by the new law, and make
efforts to ensure it was as well prepared as possible.
“However, the moment we say that the safety issue becomes more
important than business output itself, we lose confidence of those we
are seeking to influence. We have to acknowledge that soldiering is a
dangerous business, and that we are there to deliver violence to a
potential battlefield.”
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The National Trust’s chairman, and former editor of The Times, Sir
Simon Jenkins, is an outspoken critic of what he perceives as a
“compliance culture” brought about by the introduction of a whole host
of business-related regulations, such as health and safety. He also
vented his anger after the property manager at Dunham Massey Park
was brought in for questioning following the accident. In an interview
with The Daily Telegraph published earlier this month, he said:
“People must be liberated from a total risk-aversion mentality. Was it
right that a property manager should be arrested because of a freak
accident in which a young boy was killed by a falling branch from one
of the Trust’s five million trees?”
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For those familiar with the old site, this revised version is designed to
be more accessible and provides tailored messages for different
audiences.
On the site you will find a brand new self-assessment tool for line
managers to test their skills.
Susan Medina with the Arvada Police Department believes the teen
was holding the driver's side door of a Mustang while the driver
traveled westbound on 85th Avenue. The victim was run over by the
car at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the 12100 block of 85th.
The 15-year-old victim, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken to a
local hospital with multiple injuries. He died early Thursday morning.
His name has not been released.
In 2007, Heritage High School senior John Nicolette was killed after
holding onto a car while skateboarding near the school in Littleton.
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The figures come just days after the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) revealed that 34 million work days – 1.4 days for every British
worker – are lost annually as a result of work-related illness or injury.
Source.
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For instance:
slights rightly attract hostile media attention, the reality is that awards
for most workplace injuries – often nasty ones – are generally much
more modest."
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The Act has significantly increased the maximum fine for health and
Snapshots of compliance
Once assessments are completed and employee training
programmes rolled out, the results can be benchmarked against an
agreed standard. This enables the company to place individuals on a
predetermined scale depending on score and associated level of risk.
This provides a snapshot of compliance for any given timescale and
can be used as an essential component of validation and observance
with the new legislation.
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assessments, training
Not too long ago, training budgets were routinely set without a full
needs analysis of the staff competences that are necessary to ensure
that risks to workers' health and safety are properly controlled. For
some it was simply a question of undertake the training, any training,
and tick the box.
Evidence suggests that this is very different now and with the current
economic climate as it is there are a number of key issues that
business leaders and managers need to consider with regards to staff
training for 2009.
Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is becoming more important and
during 2009 we will see more evidence that all organisations –
private, public and voluntary - are demanding training that meets the
personal needs of the staff member to carry out their role and safely
complete the tasks assigned to them.
In 2009, directors and managers will want to have clear evidence that
the health and safety training being provided is adding value to the
business and that there are tangible outputs including improvements
in performance. Clearly training may not be approved unless the
business is convinced that it supports its efforts to comply with the law
while contributing to clear business aims.
Training must be cost effective. 2009 might see a move towards in-
house training being provided by own staff rather than using external
training providers or using other methods to develop the necessary
skills and competence. Organisations will want to ensure that the end
result of equipping staff with the necessary skills and competence is
achieved in the most cost effective way.
The BSC has recognised that for both organisations and individuals,
there needs to be a more flexible approach to how and when training
is carried out. This is especially true of qualification type training
courses where the study is often carried out over a prolonged period
of time. 2009 will see a move towards training organisations offering
these types of courses in a wide range of different ways to meet the
personal needs of individuals and companies. There is likely to be
increasing demand for e-learning and other 'modern' methods of
training, such as blended and distance learning, all of which offer
greater flexibility – and potential cost and time savings - for both
delegates and their employers.
Flexible learning
To meet the increasing demand for flexible training, the BSC will be
developing a range of e-learning health and safety courses during
2009. And to help safety professionals on limited budgets keep up to
speed with the latest developments, we will be running a full
programme of free seminars delivered by experts and leaders on
major health and safety issues and challenges at the Health and
Safety '09 exhibitions taking place at Sandown Park on 24th and 25th
February and at the Reebok Stadium Bolton in October.
Neal Stone is head of policy and public affairs at the British Safety
Council (BSC)
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Boardman fire and police departments, along with the Morrow County
Sheriff's Office responded to a call at 12:47 p.m. Monday at the
potato processing plant at 600 Columbia Ave. N.E. A small confined
space rescue team also was called.
reported.
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"There is a danger with the credit crunch that firms will cut back on
health and safety planning and implementation, leading to an
increase in personal injuries at work," says Grahame Aldous QC of 9
Gough Square Chambers, "This may provide more work for lawyers,
but the reputational and internal ethos damage to firms may be
considerable if they let this area of their operations go.
Despite the myth of a compensation culture, personal injury claims
have been reducing, but firms should not be surprised if that reverses
if they let health and safety go to cut costs." Research conducted last
year by the BSC, revealed that despite long established laws on
health and safety, two out of three UK employees have had little or no
safety training, while barely half of their bosses had arranged a safety
audit or had a health and safety management system in place.
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David Holmes, a stunt double for the film's star, Daniel Radcliffe,
remains in hospital with a serious back injury after the accident on
January 28.
The set was cordoned off after the accident but the HSE has now
agreed for it to reopen, a spokesman said.
"We have carried out a site visit and the set has now reopened," he
added.
Source.
Previous articles:
Aris Comninos, fell into a coma after a car crash while filming the
opening scene of Quantum of Solace (2008)
Art Scholl, killed in a plane crash while filming Top Gun (1986)
Paul Mantz, killed in a plane crash while filming The Flight of the
Phoenix (1965)
H.B. Halicki (writer, director, and legendary car stunt master) died
in a car accident while filming Gone in Sixty Seconds 2 (1989)
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One of the workers was taken to a local medical facility, said East
Officials from Lafarge North America and from Lafarge's facility at the
steel plant did not return calls for information about the explosion.
Source.
The explosion shook homes in the 500 block of Third Street and
adjacent Carmen Drive, waking their owners and prompting some to
flee the area.
"It sounded like an M-80 going off next to your head," Josh said. "As
soon as (Janis) opened the blind, you could see the flames."
The couple collected some things and were out of the house about
three-and-a-half minutes after they heard the explosion, they said.
The Vanderputtes joined several neighbors in the parking lot of the
Leppink's store, 17717 174th Ave., for about an hour before returning
home.
"It was just one quick boom," he said. "It was loud enough to wake me
up out of a sound sleep."
"It was so loud your ears were ringing in bed," he said. "You don't
sleep through something like that."
The tank had just been emptied on Friday, Olthof said, and only about
2 inches of material remained inside it.
There was no one at the terminal when the explosion occurred, Olthof
said, and no one was hurt in the incident.
Olthof said Sunday's explosion was the first incident that he can
remember in 24 years.
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"My wife looked outside and could see the flames," Edward Olger
said. "But by the time you could count to 20 (the fire department) was
already there."
The tank is deep inside the Citgo property, so there was no danger of
debris striking nearby properties, Olthof said.
"We work closely with the terminal people, and they keep very good
safety records," Olthof said. "There was no danger."
As of Sunday night, no cause had been identified. But Olthof said the
problem may have been a blanket of insulation on the outside of the
tank that is supposed to keep the tank from freezing.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert to
industry after a Polish worker died from multiple organ failure after
suffering 80% burns caused by a molten metal explosion which
occurred at an induction furnace melting ferro-titanium.
The company also was cited for failure to provide proper fall
protection and equipment for employees working on scaffolding; to
maintain a safety and health program; to provide a required training
program prior to employees being exposed to lead; and to conduct
regular inspections of the jobsite by a competent person.
Source.
HSE says simple risk planning would have prevented the accident
and cost nothing
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has urged the industry to
plan work more carefully to reduce risk following the prosecution of
two firms over a fatal accident.
ensure that no one stood close to the end of the flexible delivery hose
until concrete was flowing smoothly from it - something which would
have not added any significant cost or time to the work.”
UCS Civils and Pochin Concrete Pumping were ordered to pay costs
of £31,600 and £45,000 respectively.
Source.
© Building 2008
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assessments
The inquest into the death heard that the machine had been used to
lift bags of concrete, despite the manual strictly prohibiting its use for
anything other than concrete blocks, according to reports by the
Telegraph and Argus.
The newspaper said that no staff had received training for the use of
the machine, nor had anybody been appointed as a slinger or
banksman during the lifting operation.
Source.
© Building 2008
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of work, training
New safety rules for construction in New York have been announced
this week with $5.3m (£3.6m) a year being ploughed into the
enforcement of the regulations.
Nine people died in crane collapses last year in New York and 22 of
the recommendations relate to crane safety. There are nine key rules
which have been made to prevent crane related deaths and accidents
in the future. They are:
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© Building 2008
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USA
The 59-year-old was critically injured while working on the site of the
new Lidl store, the Ardrossan Herald reports.
The incident happened last week. The man was airlifted to a hospital
in Dundee, and medics battled to save his life, but he died on
Saturday.
Source.
© Building 2008
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Labels: accident, construction, fatality, Scotland
The victim's mother, Judith Allen, will be joined in the vigil by safety
campaign group Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) and
members of Bradford Area Safety Reps Association. It is being held
to highlight a national increase in construction site fatalities.
Judith Allen has been fighting for her son's death to be investigated
thoroughly by the police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
and is hoping that unanswered questions will be addressed in the
inquest.
The HSE investigated the accident and its report will be heard today
and tomorrow.
She said: “I still do not know exactly how and why my son came to
die. I am not sure the investigation into his death - whether the safety
procedures and systems on site were good enough to protect workers
- has been thorough enough.”
The HSE has not made a decision on whether it will prosecute for
health and safety offences and the Crown Prosecution Service has
decided not to undertake a manslaughter prosecution.
Hilda Palmer, facilitator of FACK, said: “Employers in the industry, the
HSE as enforcers of H&S law, and the government, need not only to
hear the views of the families of those who pay the ultimate burden
for the lack of health and safety, but to take action on them and
tighten up safety on sites before more workers are unnecessarily
killed.”
Source.
© Building 2008
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safety, HSE
HSE Guidance
Generic prior authorisation certificates issued for x-ray machines and
accelerators.
X-rays
Accelerators
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"We want to raise awareness of how these incidents can happen and
how they can be easily avoided by taking common-sense actions and
precautions at no or little cost. If you spot a hazard in your workplace,
deal with it, don't assume that somebody else will.
Source.
Eight of his employees were missing and many more were injured
after an explosion rocked one of his company’s Port Wentworth Plant.
Only on the job for a couple weeks Sheptor was about to face what
he calls the longest and most memorable year of his life.
News Three’s Alice Massimi sat down to speak with him about the
ups and downs and the future of Imperial Sugar.
Inside the refinery the night of the explosion he knows first hand the
terror of the night.
“I was in the factory with three other managers. We heard the first
explosion looked at each other and within seconds the second
explosion that knocked us all to the floor.”
While some would see him as just a suit, John Sheptor feels the loss
of fourteen employees.
“Very emotional to walk around to each of the podiums and read the
names remember the faces remember the families.”
It’s a year in which he will also recall the trials of not just dealing with
loss but in trying to rebuild a company but he adds it’s the plans to
rebuild that keep him and his employees going.
“It’s the hope that all of that represents that this factory is going to be
brought back to life from the tragedy that we all lived through. We are
preparing a business that will support this community for the
generations to come.”
Admitting this past year has felt like ten he says it’s a year he in which
he experienced the warmth and care of a community.
“It will be the year I will always remember as the most demanding and
at times the most rewarding with experiencing true humanity and
brotherly love.”
Source.
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David Holmes, a stunt double for the film's star Daniel Radcliffe, was
taken to hospital after sustaining serious back injuries while practising
an aerial sequence on the set at the Leavesden studios near Watford,
Hertfordshire.
Source.
The explosion in the plant’s coal handling facility was reported shortly
before 11 a.m. It started a fire in a silo used to collect coal dust. Six
We Energies has 350 employees at the plant, Arce said, not including
contractors and subcontractors who work there. There are about
2,600 people working at the plant, which is currently undergoing a
massive expansion, according to the company’s Web site.
During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, We Energies and Oak
Creek Fire Department officials described what happened:
Oak Creek Assistant Fire Chief Tom Rosandich said the fire started
with an explosion in a dust collector, which collects residual coal dust
after coal is dumped into the hopper.
There were six contractors working in the silo at the time of the
explosion, officials said, putting up scaffolding and preparing to do
pipe repair work. The workers are employees of Safway, a
subcontractor for Automated Fire Protection.
Flight for Life transported two of the injured workers, one to Columbia-
St. Mary’s and one to Froedtert. Columbia-St. Mary’s has a burn unit.
McNulty said a full investigation will be done, not only by the fire
department, but also the Occupational Safety and Health
Rosandich said the entire fire was contained within the silo and that it
was knocked down within an hour of initial response. Personnel
remained on scene for several hours, checking for hot spots.
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The company was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,000 at
Trafford Magistrates Court after being found guilty of breaching
section 4(3) of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.
"If the company had simply provided the plans, undertaken the scans
and located the cable, digging in the area could have been avoided
and this incident would never have occurred."
Source.
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of work
Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
supported this message today [Tuesday 27 January] when she
demonstrated to a classroom of children the principles of combustion
by setting her hands alight - safely.
The demo campaign was launched in October 2008 after Schools and
Learning Minister, Jim Knight called for ‘more flash-bang science in
the classroom'. Since its launch, there have been more than 11,000
downloads of the demonstration videos and more than 8,000
downloads of the supporting instruction sheets.
"I am really impressed with the videos. I will show them to schools'
science staff who ask what they can do to inspire their students."
Source.
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A Cyprus Air plane was taxiing at the airport when its front wheel
"went on to the grass" said a BAA spokeswoman.
Passengers are advised to check with their airline before setting off
from home.
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