Large machines act as one the most important cogs in enabling our industrialised world. Mass manufacturing is possible due to the repetition and consistency of quality that machinery allows. The safety of workplace machinery has come a very long way since the early...

Burns and scalds can be devastating, even fatal. Most of us have received minor burns which after an initial period of pain and discomfort go on to heal with no permanent effects, but we could barely imagine the agony of those at the other end of the spectrum who have...

A man involved in a workplace crane accident in June 2017 died from his injuries at the beginning of August. David Webb, 43, was seriously injured when the crane collapsed at a construction site on 21st June. Two men, David Newall, 36, and Rhys Barker, 18 died at the...

Slipping on a wet floor or tripping over an object may make for great slapstick, Laurel and Hardy-style comedy sketches, but in real life, such incidences can be far from amusing. Every year, hundreds of people are hospitalised with broken bones, gashes, and other...

Just before Christmas, 2016, Jamie Mines was working on the construction of a temporary shelter at Swindon’s Kendrick Industrial Estate. The experienced scaffolder was holding a tin sheet when 33,000 volts of electricity shot through his body. He was thrown 13 feet...