Does Manual Handling Training Reduce Risk of Injury?

Traditional Manual Handling Training Does not Reduce the Risk of Injury I spoke to a guy a month ago who had just learned that the excruciating pain and suffering he was experiencing in his back and legs over the past number of months was down to a...

Hospital exposed to two needle stick injury claims

Two Employees awarded €10,000 each against Waterford General Hospital THE ERKAL CASE Facts of the Erkal Case Ms Erkal a cleaner, suffered a needle stick when removing a mop head. She did not use the procedure in which she was trained, which was to use the tabs on the...

Insurers losing money on EL cover

€17 million is the loss for insurers on employer’s liability cover last year, but €59.6 million is the profit on public liability insurance. These are the figures from Insurance Ireland which show loss and profit for private and public liability. The figures...