Health Tips For People Suffering Hearing Loss Problems

Here is an excellent video giving information and advice for anyone who is suffering from hearing loss. Once you have suffered hearing loss, whether it is down to noise at work or just wear and tear as you get older, it is important to do all you can to alleviate the problem as best you can.

Please click on the short video below for some tips and advice:

New Guidance To Reduce Accidents At Work In Loading Bays

This is from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health:

New guidance to cut loading accidents

Reducing the number of people injured or killed when working in loading bays is the aim of a new initiative, launched today (13 September 2012).

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) Retail and Distribution Group have teamed up with the Freight Transport Association (FTA), to produce the ‘Loading Dock Safety Guide’, with the aim of helping employers to understand the risks and possible interventions.

Steve Clark, chair of IOSH’s Retail and Distribution Group, said: “Accidents, when they occur on loading bays, can have fatal consequences.

“Back in August 2011, the West Hordon depot of Tuffnells Parcel Express, was fined after a warehouse porter’s head was crushed by a lorry reversing into a loading bay. Although the employee survived, it’s accidents like these that we are trying to combat.”

Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that 15 per cent of all reported workplace transport injuries happen during unloading and loading. Of these injuries 37 per cent involve drivers of the vehicle, and 20 per cent are accounted for by workers unloading or loading goods.

Sally Thornley, director of compliance at the Freight Transport Association, added: “We have worked in conjunction with IOSH to produce a guide that helps employers address the key risks at the loading dock/vehicle interface.

“This publication is an excellent example of industry bodies working together to tackle issues and share good practice – guidance by industry, for industry.”

Representatives from the retail and distribution industry are set to attend the launch of the Guide at a networking event held at Donington Park. The event will feature talks from the FTA, ASDA supermarkets and the HSE.

The 32-page ‘Loading Dock Safety Guide’ covers an array of topics including risk assessment, creep control measures and provides a number of checklists to keep risks at bay. Free copies of the guide can be downloaded from http://www.fta.co.uk/

You can contact our company at Byrne & Co Solicitors on 0800 0856 779 to discuss an accident at work or any other personal injury claim. Website at http://byrneandco.com. 

17,000 People Die Each Year From Accidents

A shock statistic is that over 17,000 people die each year from accidents in the UK. This does seem a particularly high figure.

An article from the guardian reads:

"The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were 484,367 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2011, a fall of 1.8% compared with 2010. The age-standardised mortality rates (which takes account of aging population) in 2011 were the lowest ever recorded for England and Wales, at 6,236 deaths per million population for males and 4,458 deaths per million population for female.

Cancer death rates have fallen by 14% for men and 10% for women in the previous decade.

And between 2001 and 2011, the death rates for circulatory diseases fell by 44% to 1,803 deaths per million population for males and 1,110 deaths per million population for females.

We may worry about murders or swine flu, but the big killers of heart disease and cancer are much more significant in terms of public health. What is also striking is how constant many of these numbers of deaths are - why do around 17,000 people die each year in accidents, for instance? Why do around 200 people accidentally drown every year? "

It does show that all of us need to be wary and take care of ourselves, life is a fragile thing that we do not want to be taken away from us just yet. 

Needlestick Injury Claims Video

Below is our new video on Needlestick Injuries, which is entitled "Receiving 100% Compensation For Needlestick Injuries".

The video gives a rundown of the hazards and risks involved when you receive a needle stick injury, the steps you need to take after you have had an injury, and how you can receive 100% of any compensation claim you receive through using Byrne & Co`s expert service.

We take you through the whole process from start to finish, all you need to do is to give our offices a ring on 0800 0856 779 to start the ball rolling. All phone calls are in the strictest confidence.

So here is our new video, published today, 6th November, 2012.

Click on the link here: Needlestick Compensation Claims or watch the video below:

Workers Health And Safety Scaled Down

These are worrying times for workers as their health and safety continues to be scaled down.
2011 HSE figures show that 173 people died in the UK in workplace accidents and 22,433 were seriously injured.

An article in the Independent today said:

"Injured workers will be forced to prove that their employer was directly to blame for their accident before they are eligible for compensation under tough new legislation which critics allege will scale back workers' rights to those of "Victorian times".

Under proposals that Labour have claimed were "sneaked into Parliament", ministers are trying to amend health and safety laws to water down employers' liability for accidents and leave employees having to prove that their managers were negligent.

The Government claims the move will cut red tape, end the "unfairness" to companies in current health and safety legislation and stop them from having to pay out for "spurious" personal injury claims. But unions say the move will increase litigation costs, erode safety standards in the workplace and make it harder for workers to claim legitimate compensation.

Figures released this week by the Health and Safety Executive show that last year 173 people died as a result of workplace accidents and 22,433 were seriously injured.

The Government published a review this year of existing health and safety regulations conducted by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, director of the King's Centre for Risk Management at King's College, London.

Last month, it announced an amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. The new Business minister, Matthew Hancock, told MPs this was based on Professor Löfstedt's recommendations and would remove the concept of "strict liability" – whereby companies are liable for injuries regardless of negligence if certain health and safety rules are breached.

"The fear of being sued drives businesses to exceed what is required by the criminal law, diverting them from focusing on sensible preventive health and safety management and resulting in unnecessary costs and burdens," he said.

However, the Löfstedt review did not call for the blanket removal of strict liability. Instead it called for a review of where strict liability was necessary. "These proposals were sneaked into [the Bill] at the last possible moment after the legislation had been through committee," said Labour's business spokesman Iain Wright.

Karl Tonks, head of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, said the Government's proposals would "turn back the clock on workplace safety to the 19th century".

A spokesperson for the Department of Business denied that the changes would remove the right of individuals to bring a personal injury claim against their employer for negligence.

"Currently, most claims are brought for both breach of statutory duty and negligence. The change only affects those claims which rely on a technical breach where there is no evidence the employer was at fault," he said."

If you have had an accident at work please contact our offices as soon as possible to make a claim on 01704 545 912 or 0800 0856 779. 

We Are The Accident Claims Specialists

This is probably an opportune moment, being it Guy Fawkes night, to remind you that we are accident claims specialists, so if you have been unfortunate enough to have received an injury that was not your fault please contact us as quickly as possible to discuss you injury and we can advise you whether it would be worth you claiming for your injuries.

As personal injury lawyers we can give you a quality service and you can take advantage of our offer that we will pay you a £1,500 advance on any accepted accident claim. This is on top of us getting you 100% compensation for any claim that is successful. These actions we feel give our clients peace of mind so that they can come to terms with any injuries they may have received and relax whilst we take care of everything for them.

To contact our offices about a claim you can ring us on 01704 545 912, or you can use our freephone number on 0800 0856 779.

New Facebook Page On Accidents At Work

Hello and I hope you are well and fit and firing.

I am writing this post to tell you that we have yet another Facebook Page! We have been very busy recently I am sure you will agree, this one is all about the subject of Accidents At Work.

If you would go ahead and Like our new Page we would be delighted and we will certainly make it worth your while by giving you lots of good content and advice and information.

The page can be found at http://www.facebook.com/accidentatworkclaims.

I hope that you never require our services, but if you do have an accident at work you know that we are here to help you with your claim and will pass on to you 100% of any compensation that is awarded to you.

Just call us on 0800 0856 779 for further details on our service.