Slow accidents are happening every day at work, we just don’t realise it. I’m talking about the kind of accidents that happen over time, sometimes many years. They are usually avoidable if thorough risk assessments have been carried out, because risk assessments are designed to do just that; avoid injuries and harm to people. Specifically, I […]
Accidents don’t happen, they’re caused
In the news this year we have already heard about some horrific deaths and injuries to people whilst at work. All of which could have been avoided if risk management had included health and safety. At the age of 14, my boss told me that ‘accidents don’t happen, they’re caused’, and this has been proved to be […]
Forklift truck warning ignored
A West Yorkshire company has been sentenced after a worker died when he was crushed beneath a one tonne silo of varnish that slid from the tines of a forklift truck and toppled onto him. Wayne Potts, 39, of Dalefield Avenue, Normanton, died from his injuries hours after the incident on 25 March 2011 at […]
Death in the workplace – unimaginable and avoidable
Two days before Christmas day in 2010, Alan Catterall entered an industrial oven at his workplace to repair a fault. He was still inside when a colleague switched the oven on after noting that it was now working. What followed was one of the most horrific deaths at work that I have come across. Mr. […]