Company fined after worker is crushed by car
A Liverpool motor vehicle repair company has been fined after a car fell from a two-post car vehicle lift onto a worker who was on his break.
The court heard how the man suffered multiple serious fractures in the incident at a garage in the Kensington area of Liverpool on 23 November 2022.
The 56-year-old from Toxteth, Liverpool, was working as a mechanic at the time, at the Marvin Street premises of Car Spa & Tyres Ltd. He was working on a vehicle which had been raised on a two-post lift. Neither swivel arm on one of the lifting columns was locked into position, and as he took a break to and was preparing to pray, the car fell from the lift, crushing him beneath and causing multiple serious fractures.
He was taken to Aintree Hospital, where he was found to have a broken leg, three broken bones in his spine, five broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
Read more on the HSE website.
At least 180 aircrew pursuing MoD after cancer diagnoses
At least 180 current and former armed forces aircrew with cancer they claim was caused by exposure to toxic fumes in helicopters are pursuing the Ministry of Defence for compensation.
RAF flight sergeant Zach Stubbings, who died aged 47 in January, is one of at least six people who have received an out-of-court settlement from the MoD although the MoD has not admitted liability.
A group that represents veterans has urged the MoD to take swift action to protect those still serving and also raise awareness among former servicemen and women.
The MoD said it believed engine exhaust emissions were of no risk to health but it was conducting monitoring to demonstrate this.
The MoD confirmed in February it was trying to determine the number of people who have served as aircrew who have been diagnosed with cancer and was testing the exhaust emissions of its rotary wing aircraft.
One law firm has said it had received inquiries from 180 aircrew and veterans.
Learn more on the BBC website.
Latest annual work-related fatalities published
Latest annual figures show 124 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain. A decrease of fourteen from the previous 12-month period.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today, Wednesday 2 July, published its latest annual fatality statistics, covering the period from April 2024 to March 2025. The number of deaths remain broadly in line with pre-pandemic levels, and compares to 223 twenty years ago (2004/05) and 495 in 1981.
The industries with the highest number of deaths were construction (35) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (23). Of all main industry sectors, agriculture, forestry and fishing continues to have the highest rate of fatal injury per 100,000 workers followed by waste and recycling.
For more on the report visit the HSE website.
Workplace death reduction ‘no cause for celebration’
A reduction in the number of people killed by workplace accidents in the UK ‘is no cause for celebration’, says the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed that work-related accidents caused 124 deaths last year, 14 fewer than the previous year.
This continues a general trend in declining fatal workplace accidents – 223 people were killed 20 years ago – but IOSH is keen for more to be done to make people safer at work.
Ruth Wilkinson, head of policy and public affairs at IOSH said, “One death is too many, especially when work-related accidents can be prevented. There were nearly two-and-a-half deaths every week last year, so this is no cause for celebration.
“This is 124 lives lost because of work. It’s families having to go through the devastation of losing a loved one. It’s colleagues having to go through distress caused by seeing someone lose their life. While the UK is one of the safest places to work in the world, with strong health and safety standards, that is of no consolation to them.
“These figures are a reminder of the consequences of when things can and do go wrong. So, we’re calling on businesses to ask themselves if they are doing all they can to prevent accidents, to ensure their people are truly safe and can return home to their families at the end of every working day.”
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