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A study conducted in the UK has found that children from poorer areas are at a greater risk on the roads in comparison to children from richer areas.
Road Safety Analysis examined 120,000 crashes involving children from the years 2004 - 2008. The company used postcodes to compare risk levels with children up to the age of 15 across 408 local authority areas.
The study was able to conclude that youngsters in Preston are five times more likely to be injured than children in...
A couple who had their honeymoon in the Dominican Republic ruined after the husband contracted salmonella and amoebic dysentery, have won the compensation from the tour operator.
The couple were staying at the five star Gran Bahia Principe Hotel where the husband fell ill. The husband was hospitalised and their return to the UK was delayed by a week. After returning home the husband still suffered from the after effects of the infection by feeling regularly exhausted and weight loss...
A postman who suffered a dog bite to his bottom is biting back in a new campaign by the Royal Mail to improve the safety for its delivery staff.
David Power was admitted to hospital after being bitten on the bottom by a dog when delivering post near Builth Wells, Powys. The bite was not deep but the injury had to be cleaned and a tetanus jab was also given to the postman.
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An employee who suffered a broken leg at work whilst operating overhead lifting gear has agreed a £17,500 settlement.
The employee had not received sufficient training by his employer on how to properly use an overhead crane nor had a risk assessment been carried out.
The employee was operating the crane in a small space manoeuvring a metal plate which weighed approximately one and a half tonnes. As the man struggled to keep the plate under control it swung towards him and...
A couple who had their honeymoon in the Dominican Republic ruined after the husband contracted salmonella and amoebic dysentery, have won the compensation from the tour operator.
The couple were staying at the five star Gran Bahia Principe Hotel where the husband fell ill. The husband was hospitalised and their return to the UK was delayed by a week. After returning home the husband still suffered from...
The trading standards institute has identified a possible safety risk with a small number of Cosatto Paris cots. In certain circumstance one or more of the sidebars on the cot could become lose and detached, which leads to the potential danger of entrapment.
The recall is due to two faulty batches. Details of the batch your cot came from can be found on the label located on the mattress base slats. The faulty batch...
A UK public health group says do-it-yourself tattoo kits should not be available to buy on the internet.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health claims the kits do not come with the right aftercare or safety instructions which means injuries and infections are easily caused when the kits end up in the wrong hands.
A spokesman from the group said “People should be careful. Anything that is cheap by definition is not going to be any good.”
The kits are available...
Two women, one aged 60 and the other in her 40’s were admitted to hospital after becoming seriously ill when they drank an aloe vera juice drink contaminated with horse tranquilliser.
The horse tranquilliser was confirmed to be Ketamine, an anaesthetic drug which slows down the breathing.
One of the women collapsed into a ‘vegetative state’ after only consuming a small amount of the juice and...
It has been reported that PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) breast implants have not undergone complete safety checks. The issue came to light after the French Society of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons noticed PIP implants were rupturing more quickly than the other types of implants.
The implants are filled with a silicone gel that is possibly missing a vital protective coating which is essential for preventing splitting and leaking.
Up to 50,000 British women have...
An anaesthetist was knocked out for a short time when he fell to the floor of an operating theatre after slipping in his own spillage of disinfectant.
The anaesthetist brought a claim for personal injury agaisnt the NHS Trust, on the mistaken belief that he had been struck by a theatre light. The anaesthetist had no recollection of what happened and relied entirely upon an incident report form filled in by a theatre nurse who assumed the anaesthetist was...
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