http://www.injurywatch.co.uk daily 1 2006-03-02T02:25:44Z http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-injuries/industrial-injury-benefit-under-threat-3017618 Union officials have warned a review of the way industrial injury benefits are paid could lead to cutbacks. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news 2007-01-30T06:19:52Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/medical-health/nhs-to-get-paid-for-treating-workplace-accident-and-injury-victims-2717738 The NHS could claim back over £150m a year for treating employees injured at work, the government has said. No publisher murdom workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news medical health 2007-01-27T07:42:33Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-injuries/hse-probes-leak-at-billingham-chemical-factory-817621 An inquiry into what caused a chemical leak that injured 37 people at a factory could take several weeks. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news 2007-01-08T06:22:35Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-injuries/billingham-chemical-leak-factory-closed-for-accident-investigation-617645 The factory at the centre of a major toxic leak which injured 37 people has been closed down while investigators try to trace the cause. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news 2007-01-06T06:49:11Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-injuries/miners-knee-claimants-granted-application-to-take-group-action-617639 Thousands of miners with arthritis of the knee have won the right to take their compensation case to the next stage of legal proceedings. No publisher murdom workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news 2007-01-06T06:41:46Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-injuries/investigation-begins-into-billingham-major-incident-chemical-leak-517802 An investigation is under way into a toxic leak at a factory on Teesside that left one man seriously hurt and 36 others needing treatment. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news 2007-01-05T08:05:08Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-injuries/37-people-hurt-in-billingham-chemical-leak-517757 Thirty-seven people have been injured in a toxic leak at a chemical factory on Teesside. All the casualties suffered burns, skin irritation and breathing difficulties at the BASF site in Seal Sands, near Billingham, on Thursday morning. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news 2007-01-05T08:00:12Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/pension-for-nuclear-testing-widow-23126757 A widow whose husband campaigned for a military pension has been granted his wish, three months after he died. No publisher murdom workplace and environmental illness 2006-12-23T08:06:29Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/scottish-mesothelioma-sufferers-can-lodge-claims-before-asbestos-bill-becomes-law-14126657 Sufferers of an asbestos-related cancer will be able to lodge compensation claims from next week, even though a bill allowing the move is not yet law. No publisher conradm asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-12-14T07:18:19Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/man-gets-asbestos-cancer-mesothelioma-from-sitting-on-stepfather-s-knee-14126639 The widow of a man who died from an asbestos-related cancer has won compensation from the former employer of her late husband's stepfather. No publisher conradm asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-12-14T06:55:01Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/halifax-widow-claims-compensation-for-husband-s-mesothelioma-death-29116721 A widow is claiming more than £300,000 damages after her husband died from asbestos exposure while working for the family firm of a former Calderdale Council leader. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-29T07:26:59Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/former-asbestos-worker-in-cancer-compensation-battle-25116536 A man who is suffering from terminal cancer has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to £250,000. No publisher murdom asbestos news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-25T05:38:40Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/health-and-safety/misadventure-verdict-on-engineer-s-theme-park-death-221161047 An engineer who suffered serious head injuries while riding on a miniature train died from misadventure, an inquest jury has ruled. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness workplace injuries news accidents at events 2006-11-22T11:06:41Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/asbestos/headmaster-did-not-warn-of-school-brown-asbestos-danger-221161031 A court has heard claims a headmaster exposed his school to potentially deadly asbestos. No publisher murdom asbestos news health and safety news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-22T10:45:40Z News Item http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/workplace-illness/occupational-health-firefighters-at-greater-risk-of-developing-cancers-21116930 Firefighters appear to have higher-than-average rates of several types of cancer, according to new research published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. No publisher murdom health and safety news workplace and environmental illness 2006-11-21T09:35:19Z News Item