Posts Tagged ‘major injuries’
30/03/2012
From 6 April 2012 [subject to Parliamentary approval] RIDDOR’s over three day injury reporting requirement will change. From then the trigger point will increase from over three days’ to over seven days’ incapacitation (not counting the day on which the accident happened). Incapacitation means that the worker is absent or is unable to do work […]
02/05/2011
Managing cables on construction sites
Did you know? Slips and trips are the most common cause of major injuries at work and can happen almost anywhere. 95% of major slips result in broken bones and they can also be the initial cause for a range of other types of accident such as a fall from height. Slips and trips are […]
20/09/2010
Preventing slips and slips in the workplace
The HSE regularly display case studies of how some of proactive organisations in the UK are managing health & safety in the workplace. This month we feature Slips, Trips & Falls Did you know? Slips and trips are the most common cause of major injuries at work and can happen almost anywhere. 95% of […]
