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. |
| Summary figures for 12 months to end March 2007 suggest that the number of children seriously injured or killed are of the same level as the year ending March 2006 |