Worker Deaths Decline Due To Recession

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Worker Deaths Decline Due To Recession, Not New Safety Regulations

NEW YORK — The number of workplace-related deaths and injuries decreased slightly in 2009 according to the nation’s largest labor union, but that’s not because of any significant changes in safety regulations. Instead, the loss of jobs due to the recession has simply kept many employees away from the most harmful workplaces.

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Fairground ride kills man

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A man has been crushed to death as he moved a fairground ride at a park in Wellingborough.

The 45-year-old was positioning the ride at Bassetts Park on Wednesday evening when it landed on top of him, trapping him beneath the rear wheels.

Police said the incident was being investigated as an “industrial accident”. Any witnesses are asked to call Northamptonshire Police. Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Bosses at Butlins ban bumper cars

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Bosses at Butlins ban bumper cars over health and safety fears

Bosses at Butlins have banned bumper car drivers from crashing into each other because of health and safety fears.

BBC Radio 5 live reporter Bob Walker investigated: “We’ve been told that there have been cases of injuries and broken bones.” Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Thanks to Cameron more men likely to die

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Johann Hari: Thanks to David Cameron, more men like this will die

Mark Wright died at work, in an accident that could have been prevented. Yet the Prime Minister’s cuts to the Health and Safety Executive will cost more lives

I want to tell you the story of a man called Mark Wright, and how he died – because, thanks to David Cameron and a campaign of deceit in the right-wing press, stories like this are certain to happen a lot more in Britain from now on.

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Suicide frequently having to change jobs

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France Telecom worker kills himself in office car park

A France Telecom-Orange worker has died after setting himself alight outside his office, the latest in a wave of suicides at the company. The 57-year-old married father of four, described as a sociable member of staff, set himself on fire in the car park of a site at Merignac, near Bordeaux, after arriving for a morning shift.

He had worked for the company for 30 years, most recently at a call centre dealing with company accounts, and was a trade union member who monitored safety and work conditions. Paramedics could do nothing to save him.

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Electrician sues Mars

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An electrician from Bracknell is taking two of the country’s biggest confectionery companies to the High Court for the sum of £200,000, claiming their negligence led to him contracting asbestosis.

His writ, which was handed to the High Court on Thursday, April 14, claims he first came into contact with the deadly substance while working as an electrician and technician for Nestle between 1969 and 1971. Read more at http://www.getbracknell.co.uk

 

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PM defends his support of asbestos

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PM defends his support of asbestos industry

Prime Minister Stephen Harper used his stop in Asbestos, Que. Tuesday to trumpet his government’s support for the much-maligned asbestos mining industry that the community is built on.

“The only party that defends the chrysotile industry is our party; the Conservative party,” Harper said in French, using the term for white asbestos that industry supporters prefer.

“Canada is becoming known as an immoral asbestos pusher and as an enemy of global public health. This is not the role Canadians want to play in the world,” she said.

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Human cannonball killed in Kent

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Human cannonball killed in Kent after safety net ‘fails to engage’

A man performing as a human cannonball at a stunt show in Kent has died after a safety net failed to engage. Read more at http://www.independent.co.uk   See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/b107ux   safetyphoto 8:15 pm on April 25, 2011 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: accident ( 6 ), appleton, dan boettcher, his, rekindles    Work accident costs Appleton man his leg  Amplify’d from http://www.postcrescent.com Work accident costs Appleton man his leg and rekindles his faith in God Dan Boettcher could very well have been unconscious due to the blood loss. But he was wide-awake. His right foot dangling and the leg nearly severed, searing pain should have gripped him. But he felt none. Read more at http://www.postcrescent.com   See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/b10606   safetyphoto 4:27 pm on April 25, 2011 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: beijing, factory ( 3 ), firefighters, killed ( 5 ), reported    Blaze Tears Through Clothing Factory  Amplify’d from http://www.nytimes.com Deadly Blaze Tears Through Beijing Clothing Factory BEIJING — A fire at a clothing factory in southern Beijing killed at least 17 persons and injured 24 more before more than 200 firefighters extinguished the blaze early Monday, a state news service reported. The owner of the factory was among those injured, the Xinhua news agency reported. A short circuit was reported to be the cause. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com   See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/b105ay   Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: P2 by Automattic. c compose new post j next post/next comment k previous post/previous comment r reply e edit o show/hide comments t go to top l go to login h show/hide help shift + esc cancel Follow Follow “safety photo” Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Powered by WordPress.com