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What are the most common workplace accidents and causes?

Accidents can occur anywhere and are an unfortunate yet inevitable consequence of life, however, the law provides that steps must be taken by employers (and, to a lesser extent, employees) to reduce the risk of workplace accidents.

Of course, some workplaces are inherently more dangerous than others, so the risks affecting an average office environment will be significantly different from those of a construction site.

Nevertheless, employers must ensure that the… Continue reading

No Pension in Irish Construction Industry – 7 Most Common Reasons

Pension’s Tips: It is said that people either “live too long or die too young”, and nowhere is this more typified than in the Construction Industry, where up to recently, both the safety record and the Pension planning record had been nothing short of appalling.

On the one hand, the fatality and injury record of workers in the Irish Building Industry was one of the highest in Europe (in… Continue reading

Today’s Most Read Stories

Today’s Most Read Stories
(ABC 6 NEWS) — A man is dead after a construction accident in Northeast Rochester. It happened on East Circle Drive at a housing construction site around four o’clock.

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Construction Accidents: Michigan’s Most Dangerous Work: Injured Workers Often Denied Claim For Recovery Of Damages

By Terry Cochran

Construction accidents continue to be one of the most frequent types of accidents for Michigan workers and for workers across the nation because safety rules have not protected them. Construction workers in the building trades are frequent victims of on-the-job injuries and serious accidents. Why? Far too often, required safety rules are not in place.  As a result thousands of construction workers are killed or injured each… Continue reading

Dick Turpin England’s Most Celebrated Highwayman

In the wilds of the Essex countryside Dick Turpin lived rough and survived by joining a band of smugglers. During this time his wife would bring him money and food. He later moved into Epping Forest, which then covered a huge area and was much favoured by royalty for hunting deer. He fell in with an already notorious band of rustlers – the Essex Gang or Gregory Gang, and… Continue reading

Tory Leader?s pledge may hurt people most in need of making compensation claims

Conservative leader David Cameron has made the headlines by declaring he will crack down on a ‘compensation culture’ that he believes is gripping the nation.

The man who is the hot favourite to become the UK’s next Prime Minister warned the public in a speech that everyday life involves an element of risk. He also said that ‘common sense’ needs to be brought back to the rules of claiming… Continue reading

The 5 Most Common Building Site and Construction Accidents

This article explores some of the more common construction accidents in the workplace.

Ladders.

Ladders always carry a danger. When ladders are used to move between different levels on a construction site injury can be caused in a number of ways. One of the more serious injuries we have seen was when someone had failed to secure a ladder to the next level. As the user ascended the ladder it came… Continue reading

Why Scaffolders and Roofers are Most at Risk

The Heath & Safety Executive (HSE) has just announced the provisional figures for worker fatalities in 2006/07 is 241 with workers in the agricultural and construction industries having the highest rates of fatal injury. In fact agricultural and construction workers accounted for 46% of all fatal injuries.

And scaffolders and roofers would seemingly be most at risk as falling from height accidents continue to be the most common type… Continue reading