Mrs Trellis
Well-known member
They should be among the safest workers in the land.
But staff at the Health and Safety Executive could perhaps do with reading their own literature.
Its employees recorded a total of 53 accidents at work last year, according to figures released after a Freedom of Information request.
A man who cut his eye on a piece of A3 paper - wear goggles when handling paper.
Someone who cut two fingers after putting them into a working fan - don't try this at home, it may be harmful.
Another employee was bruised by a falling toilet roll holder - wear shinpads when using the lavatory.
Perhaps more embarrassing, an employee endured the indignity of a groin strain after tripping over a ?Caution: Wet Floor? sign - wear a cricket box after floor cleaning.
For a watchdog that brought us leaflets including ?Preventing Slips and Trips at Work?, ?Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders? and ?The Importance of Floor Cleaning? the episodes will be rather embarrassing.
The HSE?s Bootle base near Liverpool was the most accident-prone with ten incidents reported there between March 2010 and April this year. You may not be surprised to read this.
Staff in London fared little better with one slightly scalding themselves after spilling coffee and another incurring a bruise after walking into a box.
And, perhaps dispelling the myth that northern workers are a little more robust than their southern counterparts, an employee in Sheffield was struck down by ?severe muscular stiffness to shoulder? after sitting in a cold draught - gthe poor lambkin.
Another there was the member of staff struck by a falling roller blind, while in York one employee was hit by a toilet roll holder falling open.
In Birmingham, an employee cut his finger on a smashed plate(were they having a Greek ..er.. afternoon?), and a man in Glasgow was treated after a balloon burst in his face.
So there you are - pen-pushing and desk-driving are inherently dangerous; although some may suspect that these are ingenious ways to pull a sickie rather than phoning in on Thursday and croaking in a man-flu voice " I may be better by the end of the self-certifying period""
But staff at the Health and Safety Executive could perhaps do with reading their own literature.
Its employees recorded a total of 53 accidents at work last year, according to figures released after a Freedom of Information request.
A man who cut his eye on a piece of A3 paper - wear goggles when handling paper.
Someone who cut two fingers after putting them into a working fan - don't try this at home, it may be harmful.
Another employee was bruised by a falling toilet roll holder - wear shinpads when using the lavatory.
Perhaps more embarrassing, an employee endured the indignity of a groin strain after tripping over a ?Caution: Wet Floor? sign - wear a cricket box after floor cleaning.
For a watchdog that brought us leaflets including ?Preventing Slips and Trips at Work?, ?Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders? and ?The Importance of Floor Cleaning? the episodes will be rather embarrassing.
The HSE?s Bootle base near Liverpool was the most accident-prone with ten incidents reported there between March 2010 and April this year. You may not be surprised to read this.
Staff in London fared little better with one slightly scalding themselves after spilling coffee and another incurring a bruise after walking into a box.
And, perhaps dispelling the myth that northern workers are a little more robust than their southern counterparts, an employee in Sheffield was struck down by ?severe muscular stiffness to shoulder? after sitting in a cold draught - gthe poor lambkin.
Another there was the member of staff struck by a falling roller blind, while in York one employee was hit by a toilet roll holder falling open.
In Birmingham, an employee cut his finger on a smashed plate(were they having a Greek ..er.. afternoon?), and a man in Glasgow was treated after a balloon burst in his face.
So there you are - pen-pushing and desk-driving are inherently dangerous; although some may suspect that these are ingenious ways to pull a sickie rather than phoning in on Thursday and croaking in a man-flu voice " I may be better by the end of the self-certifying period""
