Types of Claim
Accidents at work
Accidents Involving Machinery | Accidents Involving Machinery |
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The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations place an obligation upon all employers to ensure that equipment in the workplace is safe and does not give rise to risks to health and safety. For example any piece of machinery which has moving parts has to be adequately guarded to ensure that employees cannot place their hands and fingers into a mechanism likely to cause a serious injury. |
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Provisional estimates for the period ending March 2007 compared with the 1994 to 1998 baseline averages indicate that the number of children killed or seriously injured was 51 percent below the baseline. |