Personal injury - Health & safety

Accidents happen in the workplace, in public places, and in the home. Personal injury matters and cases involving health and safety issues encompass a wide range of expertise. At Keith Borer Consultants we have engineering, materials failure, chemistry and biological systems' experts who prepare reports for such cases and can also act as single joint experts.

Our areas of investigation may include:

• Accident causation.
• Risk assessments, working procedures, COSHH assessments, training, maintenance of equipment, PPE, management of Health & Safety.
• Relevant Health & Safety legislation.
• Compliance with British and European, manufacturers' or industry standards.
• Chemical hazards and exposure to chemicals.

Examples of the wide range of personal injury cases for which we have prepared reports include:

• The effectiveness of safety equipment and procedures.
• Mechanical equipment failure.
• Manual handling issues.
• Slipping, tripping and crushing incidents.
• Repetitive strain injuries.
• Exposure to insecticides, cleaning products and industrial solvents.
• Biological contamination cases.
• Burns and skin ailments.
• Accidents involving glass.

If you do not see what you are looking for in the above list, please call our Durham office. We will be pleased to discuss aspects of your case to see if we can help.

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