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Whether it’s a worker experiencing shortness of breath, someone falling on the stairs or a machine-related amputation, workplace medical emergencies take many forms. The minutes between when an incident occurs and when emergency medical services arrive on the scene can be critical. Some employers – including the National Safety Council – have created in-house first aid response teams, made up of trained volunteers, to assist during that gap. Teams can provide first aid, help with crowd control to give the distressed person privacy, and collect vital signs and other valuable information to give to paramedics and other first responders. If…

Silver Spring, MD — A recent study of older and retired construction trade workers shows that more than half experience hearing impairment – and the risk increases with age. Researchers from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, Duke University, and the University of Maryland studied data for more than 21,000 participants in the Building Trades Medical Screening Program, or BTMed, to evaluate the risk of hearing impairment. The participants, who self-reported cases of tinnitus, previously worked at Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities. Overall, 55.2% of the participants experienced hearing impairment, which was observed more among men…

Kobe Bryant’s widow has been awarded $16m (£13.6m) in damages over leaked graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the US basketball star and his daughter in 2020. Vanessa Bryant, 40, said she had panic attacks after learning images taken by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had been shared. A federal jury now said the county must pay Mrs Bryant for emotional distress. Co-plaintiff Christopher Chester will be paid $15m. Mrs Bryant’s husband Kobe Bryant, 41, daughter Gianna, 13, and six family friends died when their helicopter crashed in California in January 2020. Mr Chester lost his…

A 12-year-old boy identified as Prince Bentum Sarkwa has been reported dead in a fire incident at Chorkor in the Greater Accra Region. Another 15-year-old boy named Solomon Lamptey who suffered a severe injury in the incident, is currently receiving treatment at the hospital. During a visit to the bereaved family, the Mayor of Accra Elizabeth Sackey assured the family of the government’s support. Confirming the incident to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Gilbert Ankrah said that: ”the Assembly had a report of the fire incident and had to quickly get the fire service to…

At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured in forest fires that have devastated northern Algeria. Kamel Beldjoud, the country’s Interior Minister, said 24 died in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, as well as a mother and daughter in Setif. Firefighters, supported by helicopters, were still trying to contain several blazes on Wednesday evening. Reports say some 350 residents have been evacuated in various provinces. The civil protection agency said that El Tarf was the worst hit area with 16 fires in progress. The names of the mother, 58, and her 36-year-old daughter who died…

A middle-aged woman and her son have been killed in a vehicular knockdown at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region. The accident occurred when the driver of a Kia Rhino vehicle with registration AS 1284-15 allegedly lost control of the steering wheel and ran over the mother and her son. The yet-to-named mother and son died on the spot. The mother was carrying her toddler on her back waiting to board a vehicle on the Buaban stretch of the Kenyase Road. Sources say they were coming from the hospital. She had in her hands three fingers of plantain, cassava, and…

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has absolved itself from the responsibility of compensating residents of Appiate who were displaced by an explosion in the town this year. It says it is nonetheless committed to raising enough funds to “reconstruct the community and support the victims of the incident”. The explosion killed 14 people and left several others injured. Pressure is mounting on the government to fast-track the process of reconstructing the town after scores of residents were displaced by the incident. Following the explosion, the government set up a support fund aimed at providing relief items to affected…

The three students of the Opoku Ware School, who were arrested for allegedly robbing a taxi driver and subsequently granted bail, have now met the bail conditions and have been released from police custody. The KMA Circuit Court on Tuesday admitted the three to GH¢80,000 bail with five sureties. The accused persons were however able to meet the bail conditions on Wednesday afternoon. According to the prosecution, the three students, who have been withdrawn from the boarding house by the authorities of Opoku Ware School for misconduct, injured and robbed a taxi driver after they boarded his vehicle in Kumasi.…

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says victims of the Appiate disaster are not restrained from taking legal action to demand compensation. An explosion that occurred at Appiate in the Western Region in January this year killed 14 people and left several others injured. The government subsequently set up a support fund aimed at providing relief items to affected persons and the reconstruction of the entire community. Former President, John Mahama during a visit to the area on Tuesday appealed to the government to work towards compensating the victims. However, the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito…

A workplace of every kind should be safe and secure. No matter at what scale the workplace manages tasks, safety should always come first. And this safety concern gets aggravated during maintenance and repairs.  Whether the IT or industrial sector, each needs maintenance and repair works. But what happens when the organisation has to execute multiple repair activities? This is a critical situation; thus, extra care and a set of rules must be implemented to ensure the smooth execution of the processes. These are known as SIMOPS. SIMOPS are simultaneous (and crucial) operations. It is when two or more potentially…