by Jason Kearns | Tue , Jul , 2016 | News
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...
by Jason Kearns | Tue , May , 2016 | News
Difficult customers are the biggest risk – according to an EU-OSHA survey Difficult customers, patients and pupils, working in repetitive, tiring & painful positions are the most common risk factors throughout Europe’s workforce, according to a survey published by...
by Jason Kearns | Thu , Apr , 2016 | News
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...
by Jason Kearns | Thu , Mar , 2016 | News
An employer was found not liable for injuries suffered by an employee who had been provided with manual handling training. The Court of Appeal has held that the employee carried out a task which was contrary to the system of work in place. The original award of...
by Jason Kearns | Fri , Dec , 2015 | News
A MEAT factory worker has been awarded €415.000 by the High Court after he sued his employer over a back injury. Mohammed Ali Saleh, who was recruited from Egypt to work in Ireland, suffered a disc injury. He now walks with two crutches, is unable to work and has a...
by Jason Kearns | Tue , Nov , 2015 | News
€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...
