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Accident at Work

Created: 16 April 2010

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  John Corbett is an experienced engineer working at the Rio Tinto Alcan plant in Fort William. One of his main duties is working with molten aluminium metal where he’s involved in pouring the metal into various moulds. During the course of his...

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Accident at Work

Created: 05 March 2010

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It has been reported that a chef in a West Lothian Hotel has been seriously injured after a deep fat fryer exploded and covered him in boiling oil.

The 30 year old chef is in hospital following the accident which occurred on Wednesday.  It has...

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Accident at Work

Created: 21 January 2010

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An offshore worker David Stephenson, 44, was crushed to death on a diving support vessel offshore from Aberdeen.

The Marine accident investigation Branch (MAIB) stated that the most basic safety principles were ignored and lessons must be learned....

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Accident at Work

Created: 11 January 2010

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On the 7th January 2010 a building firm named WM E Naylor and Son were fined £8,000 plus costs of a court action for using unsafe scaffolding.

The Health and Safety Executive carried out an inspection of one of the firms work sites and found...

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Accident at Work

Created: 28 October 2009

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The European Court of Justice held recently that if a person decides not to take planned holidays because they are ill and instead takes sick leave, they must have their holiday entitlement returned to them. The court held that the point of holiday...

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