Types of Claim
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 of March 2007 show an increase of pedal cyclists killed or seriously injured by 2 percent, compared with the period ending March 2006 |