Category: Accident

Council lose claim against them when pool attendant is injured tidying away an inflatable slide

When there has never been an accident until now, but if there is a safer way… ...

When thousands of trees age, grow, strengthen and also deteriorate at a rate determined by nature ...

When a wall collapsing is a ‘low frequency’, but ‘high consequence’ event ...

When ‘no one has suggested that every playground for every 3-4 year-old must have a flat surface and nothing from ...

When an employer’s duty of care extends beyond working hours ...

When ‘lifeguards cannot substitute the supervision of a parent’, but should still be there, just in case ...

When the obscured sign really shouldn’t have been a factor – you don’t mix chemicals ...

When sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) is not just a work issue, but a home issue as well ...

When the natural world is more difficult to predict and manage than man-made structures ...

When the pictures taken by the public revealed the shocking level of risk the workers were exposed to ...