April to June 2011

Health and Safety News

April 2011
Two gold miners killed in South Africa Four gold miners killed in Philippines Worker killed in trench collapse Utility worker electrocuted Workers poisoned in carbon monoxide release UK Olympic stadium completed under budget and with no fatalities Update: Worker killed in trench collapse Four Reasons, Eight Lessons - Reluctance to Report May Not Be Caused By Fear Fukishima iodine found in further locations in Scotland Nuclear Accidents

Japan has raised the severity of its nuclear crisis from level 5 to the highest level (level 7), describing it at a "major accident" and putting it on a par with the Chernobyl disaster.

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Gateshead steel firm fined for crush injury Strontium detected in soil and plants outside of the 30km zone around the Fukushima plant Company fined after unsafe work on roof Woodworker prosecuted for safety failing Nestle Purina fined after steam scalds workers Welding firm fined for roof fall Waste company fined after member of the public dies Company and mechanic fined after forklift death Car firm fined after fatal head injury to worker The Royal Wedding and Health and Safety
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May 2011
Lincolnshire quarry owner fined for unsafe machinery Corporate manslaughter appeal refused Stourbridge engineering company fined for thumb amputation Nottingham steeplejack firm fined after death of worker Worker killed in North Carolina Ferris wheel accident Interim report on lessons learnt from Fukushima for UK nuclearindustry Who visits HealthSafetyNews.co.uk? Over the last two months, visitors to HealthSafetyNews.co.uk have come from the following countries: 68% United Kingdom, 20% United States of America, 2% Germany, 2% India, The final 8% is made up of the following countries: Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, Netherlands, Japan, Nigeria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.

The Fun Police

the filming of the pilot episode of Matt Morgan s The Fun Police a Channel 4

Herefordshire farming company fined after 21-year-old worker electrocuted One dead, five treated after chemical spill Interim report on lessons learnt from Fukushima Man injured by un-manned lorry in High Wycombe Shipyard worker killed by falling winch First Aid Resources Derbyshire paper firm fined after worker suffers hand injuries Pennsylvanian worker's arm severed High Wycombe landlord prosecuted for putting tenants' lives a risk t London contractor fined 100,000 after worker fatality London construction company fined for carbon monoxide death Glasgow landlord fined for illegal gas work The Fun Police

sitcom based in the Health and Safety Department of Brightsea Borough Council. The show stars Flight of The Concords Rhys Darby along with Jack Doolan (Cemetery Junction), Katy Wix (Not Going Out) and Vic Reeves supported by Kerry Howard and Clive Rowe

June 2011
Fatal injury figures
Cornish car park owner jailed for ignoring safety
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Surrey company fined after scaffold collapse More people sick in E. coli outbreak RWE npower and contractor AMEC Group Ltd fined fo death of r maintenance worker Canada continues to export chrysotile asbestos Free Business Advice Open Days Overloaded crane kills two in Vietnam Montreal crane operator injured in crane fall Northern Ireland H&S consultant fined following f tality a North Devon decorating supplies company failed to provide hot running water Scottish scaffold worker falls to his death Worcestershire firms fined after worker's fingers severed Hertfordshire demolition company fined for failing to meet basic gas and electricity safety requirements London company fined after gas cylinde explosion kills worker r Quebec environmental groups launch a campaign to stop asbestos mining in the province Derbyshire pupils hurt following hose burst Two firms fined for Bristol scaffold tube head injury Fatally injured workers figures published HSE states that the 2010/11 fatal injuries figure "reinforces an underlying downward trend" HSE launches consultation on safety in the adventure activities sector

confirms that the provisional figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2010/11 is 171 (which corresponds to a rate of fatal injury of 0.6 per 100,000 workers). "Given that these statistics are based on a count of events that are rare, they are highly subject to chance variation from one year to the next. Therefore, when seeking to use the data to make inferences about changes in the inherent dangerousness of work conditions, it is necessary to look at trends over a number of years. The incorporation of the 2010/11 data into the time series reinforces an underlying downward trend. The figure of 171 worker deaths in 2010/11 is 17% lower than the average for the past five years (205). In terms of the rate of fatal injuries, the latest figure of 0.6 per 100,000 workers is 14% lower than the five-year average rate of 0.7."