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Health and Safety at Work

Health and Safety at Work. The Darwin Awards.

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Health and Safety at Work

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  1. Health and Safety at Work

  2. The Darwin Awards • 29 January 2003, Brazil: At work, Manoel responsible for cleaning out the storage tanks of petrol tankers. He began to fill a tanker with water, a standard safety procedure that forces flammable vapour out of the container. He returned an hour later to check whether the water level was high enough to proceed. But he had trouble deciding, because it was so DARK inside the tanker. • A resourceful employee, Manoel forgot the very reason why he was filling the tank with water when he lit a cigarette lighter to shed some light on the situation. His little test successfully determined that the water level was NOT yet high enough for safety. The vapour explosion launched him through the air, and he landed in the company parking lot 100 meters away.

  3. The Darwin Awards • Kevin, a 19-year-old Quebec student, killed himself at Bishop's University while shaking a 420-kilogram Coke machine. He had been celebrating the end of final exams with friends. He died beneath the soda machine, asphyxiated, with a blood alcohol level slightly over the legal driving limit. • Kevin's last act was committed in vain. "Even as it fell over, the vending machine did not let out a single can," the coroner reported. The report also states that toppled vending machines have caused at least 35 deaths and 140 injuries in the last twenty years.

  4. Surely you won’t ever be so stupid, would you? Accidents caused by Bouncy Castles Year Victims 2000 9,509 2001 9,407 2002 9,738 Accidents caused by Bread Bins Year Victims 2000 71 2001 36 2002 185 Accidents caused by Trousers Year Victims 2000 6,369 2001 7,551 2002 9,410 Accidents caused by Soft Toys or Dolls Year Victims 2000 1,260 2001 1,160 2002 841

  5. Some frightening Statistics Ill health • 2.0 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. Injuries • 212 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.7 per 100 000 workers. • 146 076 other injuries to employees were reported, a rate of 562.4 per 100 000 employees.

  6. … Spot the Dangers!

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