Electrical Safety: New Advice to Prevent Crush Injuries

Installers, designers, maintenance firms and manufacturers of electric gates, are being urged to seriously consider new safety advice issued by the Health and Safety Executive today, following the recent deaths of two children involving these gate…

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Rottweiler Attack Raises Concerns for Owners’ Duty

It has been reported today that 10-year-old Rhianna Kidd who was savagely mauled by two rottweillers in Dundee on Sunday was THE SECOND VICTIM of these particular dogs – named Big Boy and Pretty Girl – within the past 12 months.37-year-old George …

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Dundee Rottweiler Attack Witness Shares Story

In the month when the number of dog attacks in Edinburgh has rocketed, there has been yet another appalling dog attack on a child in Scotland this weekend.A Scots gran has described the terrifying moment she saw her 10-year-old granddaughter being…

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Construction Worker Killed in Vehicle Accident

A tragic incident yesterday reinforced the dangers inherent in construction site operations in Scotland.A workman, understood to have been a subcontractor, was killed in a horrific accident when a dumper truck overturned at the site of a new 86 m…

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Insurers Resist Blaming Victims for Injury Claims

Admiral Insurance said today that it had not seen “any unusual trends in bodily injury or damage claims” and reported a 21% rise in pre-tax profit to 126.9m for the first six months of 2010.Admiral’s chief operating officer David Stevens blamed a…

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