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In a bid to address the alarming rate of workplace accidents and injuries in Ghana, the immediate past Chair of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Ghana, Edward Debrah, has reignited calls for the passage of the Occupational Health and Safety Bill into law to protect the safety of the Ghanaian worker. The bill, which has been pending in parliament for nearly two decades, aims to provide a comprehensive framework for ensuring the safety and health of workers. “It is deeply concerning. Many employees sustain life-threatening injuries in their workplaces and are often left without adequate care or…

The Minister of Railways Development, John Peter Amewu, has confirmed the safety of all passengers and crew members on board the newly imported train from Poland, which was involved in an accident during a test run. The train, recently acquired by Ghana and intended for operation on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line, was involved in an accident in the Asuogyaman District on Thursday, April 18, 2024, around 12:10 pm. The Ministry of Railways Development, in a statement dated Thursday, April 18, 2024, said the train encountered a stationary vehicle positioned directly across the rail track as it approached the curve at…

Ghana’s recently acquired train, which arrived from Poland and intended to operate on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line, has been involved in an accident during a test run in the Asuogyaman District. The Ministry of Railways Development, in a statement dated Thursday, April 18, 2024, clarified that the accident took place around 12:10 pm on the same day. According to the Ministry, the train encountered a stationary vehicle positioned directly across the rail track as it approached the curve at Km76+100. “Despite the immediate application of the emergency braking system, the train was unable to come to a complete stop before…

Twenty-one persons have died and several more have been injured in varied degrees as a result of a devastating head-on collision between two vehicles on the Kumasi-Accra route. On the Breku section of the road in the Ashanti Region, there was an incident between a Sprinter bus and a minibus on Friday night. Witnesses related that one of the drivers may have been speeding when he attempted an improper overtake, which resulted in the fatal incident. According to preliminary accounts, seven more people died from their injuries at the Juaso and Konongo Government Hospitals, while 14 people—including both drivers—sadly perished…

According to hospital staff at Tamale Teaching, brain injuries are like a daily canker that sweeps through the institution. It is discovered that the clinic records ten cases of head injuries in a 12-hour period every day, the most of which are fatal because of their severity. Because of this, following a calm stroll to inform drivers of the importance of wearing crash helmets when riding, management invaded the Tamale Taxi Rank. Dr. Malcom Dery, a physician at the Tamale Teaching Hospital’s Neurosurgery Unit, claims that a rise in brain injuries reported at TTH is caused by auto accidents in…

NY — A business that ran a “sham safety training school” and was linked to the death of a “trainee” on a construction site has been charged by the New York State Supreme Court. Valor Security and Investigations is said to have given safety cards and certifications to roughly 20,000 “students” starting in December 2019. The business was the third-largest distributor of safety certifications in New York City at the time. Six Valor executives and staff members as well as an additional 19 people who acted as middlemen between Valor and workers seeking safety certification are parties to the extensive…

On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 2 airplanes collided near Nairobi National Park, killing at least two people while 44 others managed to escape unharmed. One of the aircraft involved was a Safari Link Dash 8, carrying 44 passengers and crew members on its way to Diani. The other was a two-person Cessna aircraft used for training. The Dash 8 made a successful landing back at Wilson Airport, but the Cessna crashed in the park. Two fatalities in the crash were confirmed by officials, who stated that both planes had taken off from Wilson Airport. However, Safarilink Aviation acknowledged the occurrence…

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has introduced the National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy in Accra in collaboration with its agencies. The strategy, which is scheduled for implementation in 2024–2028, intends to improve patient safety and health outcomes by preventing, reducing, and controlling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). It also aims to increase IPC education and training, create a system for HAI and AMR surveillance, create an active integrated infection prevention and control (IPC) program, create national IPC guidelines, and monitor or audit IPC practices with feedback. The Minister of Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, emphasized in his keynote…

A number of students at Ejisu Senior High Technical School were forced to flee to safety after a thunderstorm on Saturday, March 1, 2024, tore off the roof of the boys’ dormitory. Following the event, more than 150 concerned kids took refuge in classrooms on Saturday. When the incident occurred, the pupils were in the dining hall. There have been no reported casualties or injuries. Hour-long rains also damaged the school’s warehouse, which houses textbooks and other materials, in addition to damaging teaching and learning resources. About seven classrooms were also impacted, while the boys’ dormitories was the most severely…

Many prisoners have been freed after armed gangs broke into the main jail in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. One local journalist informed BBC News that the great bulk of the approximately 4,000 prisoners detained there have now escaped. Gang members accused of being involved in President Jovenel Moïse’s 2021 assassination were among those in custody. The poorest nation in the Americas, Haiti, has seen an increase in violence in recent years. 80% of Port-au-Prince is controlled by gangs that want to remove Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The prime minister visited Nairobi on Thursday to talk about dispatching a multinational…