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How common are kitchen accidents? Statistics are people too

October 16, 2014

Recent surveys carried out both in North America and Europe clearly demonstrate both the demographic of commercial kitchen workers and the prevalence of certain injuries that they unfortunately all too frequently sustain. Nearly half of the accidents occur to employees under the age of 25 reflecting the low-wage nature of much of this sector and […]

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Using No Win No Fee Agreements For Employment Law Claims

February 7, 2014

Have you been treated badly at work? Do you wish to make a claim against your employers in order to get the compensation you deserve? This is all well and good, but what happens if you can’t afford to make a claim? The thought of solicitors’ fees and charges for going through the claims process […]

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Avoiding accidents in a commercial kitchen

February 4, 2014

Commercial kitchens can be very dangerous environments and the risk of workers sustaining injuries cannot be completely eliminated. However, by vigilantly engaging with health and safety guidelines, employers can take steps to negate workplace risks faced by their employers and protect themselves from compensation claims in the process. Employers must ensure that the following three […]

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Can I claim compensation for an injury suffered when working on a farm?

January 13, 2014

Well, not surprisingly you can’t claim accident compensation if you are a one man business and you suffered an injury that was the consequence of your own failure to manage risk, organise a safe working environment for yourself and take the necessary steps to ensure your own health, safety and welfare. Essentially, you can’t make […]

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Common causes of injuries working at height

January 10, 2014

Almost all of the injuries caused by working at height are the result of falls.  The fact that the number of work related falls from height still run into many thousands each year in this supposedly health and safety obsessed country appears to point to a certain blind spot in health and safety management within […]

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Work involving dangerous chemicals – preventing personal injury

January 10, 2014

Preventing injury to those who come into contact with hazardous chemicals in the course of employment in the workplace needn’t be complicated. Quite simply, the key to avoiding injuries to employees is to carefully plan and vigilantly enforce a comprehensive health and safety procedure. Within this health and safety procedure hazardous chemicals present in the […]

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The consequences of an injury suffered whilst working in mines and quarries

August 10, 2013

Being crushed by an enormous vehicle, blown up, drowned, buried under a collapsing vertical or overhanging face, falling from height, being electrocuted or slipping or tripping are just some of the possible ways you can die or become injured in the course of employment in the mining and quarrying industries. The nature of those accidents […]

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Common causes of asbestos related disease at work

July 26, 2013

The causes of asbestos related disease at work have reduced markedly since it was made illegal to mine, manufacture or use the material at the end of the last century. This legal ban came into force for both crocidolite (blue) asbestos and brown asbestos in 1985 and for chrysotile (white) asbestos in 1999. Prior to […]

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