Health & Safety

Aug

2011

Police taser death

It appears that a man has died after being tasered in Cumbria. That’s the second death in the UK since the introduction of tasers in 2003. The previous death linked to tasers was in 2006 however the Home Office post mortem put the death down to natural causes. Another incident is bound to bring the issue back… Read more »

Posted by Health and Safety

On August 17, 2011

Aug

2011

Health & Safety

Accidents that defy gravity- insurance fraud

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) have just released figures for 2010 showing the level of insurance fraud in the UK. Rather disturbingly it shows that insurers uncovered 133,000 fraudulent claims amounting to the total sum of £919 million. This is a 9% increase on the previous year. In the last 5 years the number… Read more »

Posted by Health and Safety

On August 10, 2011

Jul

2011

Health & Safety

HSE Cost Recovery Consultation

Cost recovery by HSE is on step closer to becoming reality. A consultation on costs recovery was launched by HSE on 22nd July and will close on 14th October. It is thought that cost recovery could start happening from as early as 6 April 2012. Cost recovery will be mandatory where there has been a… Read more »

Posted by Elena Fry

On July 26, 2011

Jul

2011

Health & Safety

I like to ride my bicycle…

Hot on the heels of Laura’a post about a bike accident, did you spot Jon Snow on C4 news last night? His piece was an update on road accident statistics. Jon’s piece highlighted that casualties on the roads are down in the last year by 6 per cent. But for cyclists, casualties are up 1… Read more »

Posted by Elena Fry

On July 26, 2011

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