in respect to reporting and recording accidents or incidents within the workplace. I will explain the differences between, RIDDOR reportable accidents and Non-RIDDOR reportable accidents. RIDDOR stands for Reporting Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations and is a main body to report certain types of injuries to such as: If someone has died or has been injured because of a work-related accident this may have to be reported. But not all accidents need to be reported, a RIDDOR report
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place hazards. This phenomenon often happens to people when driving, for example. Just as wearing a seatbelt protects you, should something go terribly wrong on your commute, so to, does wearing laser safety glasses protect your vision should a laser accident occur at work. It doesn't matter that no one has suffered an injury in recent years. It only takes one mistake made by you or someone else at your job to make it happen today. No matter the safety history of your work or laboratory setting, you
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Although chain saws are excellent tools for cutting wood, the probability of accidents is high and serious injury can occur due to improper use. The safety of chainsaw should always be your first priority. Taking precautions for safety will prevent serious injuries. Take some time before using the new saw to read the owner's manual. If you are familiar with your device, you will avoid any dangerous techniques that could endanger your safety. The first step in safety is to make sure that you have
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According to Safe Winter Roads, 2011 article “more than 116,000 Americans are injured and over 1,300 are killed on snowy winter roads”. So its important that people living in snowy areas take the necessary precautions to stay safe when driving in the snow. In order to be safe on snow covered roads drivers should always make sure that their gas tank is at least half way full and that their cars are equipped with working windshield wipers, a defroster, heat, properly filled tires, and antifreeze according
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Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in America and on a yearly basis, just about 40,000 Americans die in car wrecks every year. Car accident injuries for those who survive are distressing. Unfortunately, there is a good chance that just about everyone will be involved in a crash of some kind at least once in their lives. Having said that, if you are in an accident, you will need a skilled car accident attorney with a good track record handling cases like this to go to bat for you
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Just because automobile drivers are able to find an auto accident attorney when they are involved in a crash that does not mean there aren't any truck accident attorneys available for truck drivers. Even though there are more car accidents than any other type of motor vehicle incidents in the United States, there are still a high number of cases where one of the involved parties is a truck driver. It is only fair that a truck driver should have the same resources and opportunities to protect themselves
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Texting and driving has affected my life in some ways. An event happened in my life that would forever change it. Texting while driving is not only dangerous for the one driving, it also has the potential to harm others as well. Through this event I have learned that no text message, tweet, or any other form of distraction is worth a life. In this journal I will share my experience with the hopes that it can warn people of the many dangers of being distracted while driving. When my older brother
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HLG 5 Unusual Workplace Injuries Even with proper safety measures and OSHA guidelines in place, workplace injuries still occur sometimes in very unsuspecting ways. According to the Houston Chronicles, the leading causes of injury in the workplace include negligence, hazardous materials, stress and overexertion. Exposure to hazardous materials can lead to serious injuries, including respiratory diseases and skin infection. To minimize the risk of injury and fatalities caused by hazardous materials
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What safety means to me is to take time to notice all of the hazards around me, and to do the right things to protect me and my family. If I were not to not do the right steps of safety I could end up in the wrong place or get me and my family hurt in some way. I think everybody should create a habit of thinking about safety so that the world that we live in now could be safer. Whenever somebody thinks of safety, they think of a triangular yellow sign or that red safety sign that has a cross in the
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Do I Need to Pay Taxes on My Personal Injury Settlement? When you are injured in an accident, it may seem as if you will never receive the compensation you deserve for your losses, damages, and injuries. Some personal injury cases take years to settle while other cases must go to trial to resolve the matter. Your personal injury lawyer does everything within his power to settle your injury claim as quickly as possible for the maximum amount of compensation allowable by law. However, many factors
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