Category: 2010s

Two young men drown in disused quarry within days of each other

When the dilemma is – when should authorities intervene to stop the free will of someone who knowingly exposes themselves ...
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Man fractures vertebrae after unsafe ladder slips

When the ladder wasn’t just unsafe, it was a death trap ...
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6 year-old boy drowns in holiday park swimming pool

When the absence of any lifeguards, or anyone with CPR skills, was a significant factor in the boy’s death ...
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UK Athletics guilty of corporate manslaughter after Paralympian is killed by faulty shot putt cage

When every athletics facility across the UK should have been rushing to check their equipment is safe ...
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Boy electrocuted by 25,000 volt overhead powerline when trespassing at a train yard

When the ‘haunted house’ would only have got its name because the children knew about it – and so should ...
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4 year-old boy drowns in holiday let property swimming pool

When the severe increase in pool floor gradient exceeded the industry guidance, but at the time it didn’t apply to ...
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Rugby player loses claim against referee when he is injured when scrum collapses

When contradictory evidence didn’t help, especially when he marked the referee with a ‘B’ (A is top marks) ...
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6 year-old girl left in a coma after council wall collapses on her

When a wall collapsing is a ‘low frequency’, but ‘high consequence’ event ...
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Chlorine gas escapes into swimming pool area when technicians mix two chemicals

When the obscured sign really shouldn’t have been a factor – you don’t mix chemicals ...
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National Trust found not to be negligent when falling tree branches kills one child and injures another

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