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Out-of-control scooter reached 20mph before flipping over in fatal accident

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on September 10, 2019

Tragic death after wheel comes loose from mobility scooter because of missing flat washer following ‘botched repair’

‘Confiscate mobility scooters from repeat offenders’, says leading safety group

Health & Safety Mobility by Joe Peskett on August 2, 2019

Major organisations weigh in on mobility scooter safety debate calling for greater clarification of road laws and confiscation as a last resort

‘Mobility scooter speed restrictions needed’, says husband of injured wife

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on July 29, 2019

Hit-and-run scooter Incident in a shopping centre in Essex leaves elderly woman with deep lacerations

Mobility scooter user jailed after crashing into four-year-old girl

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on July 9, 2019

Man charged in Dundee for driving scooter without due care and attention after his equipment collided with a child

Scooter user killed after getting stuck on a ‘high’ kerb

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on June 7, 2019

Pensioner’s equipment lodged on a kerb in incident in Stafford which saw 79-year-old man taken to hospital but died later

Lift firms defend themselves in damages case after woman falls from height

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on May 28, 2019

Manufacturer Del Equipment Ltd and Emtek Ltd are being partly blamed after a holidaymaker fell from a passenger transporter at Luton airport and died two months later

Care operator accused of ‘cheap and botched’ lift replacement

Care home groups Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on May 10, 2019

An angry relative has accused a care home operator of carrying out a “cheap and botched” job after it replaced

HSE issues safety alert warning industry firms on lift maintenance practices

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on March 27, 2019

Inappropriate servicing can damage lifts and make them unsafe according to new safety notice issued after a number of incidents where users have been injured

Bath chair incident sees care home handed £3,000 fine

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on March 27, 2019

Care home failed to provide safe care to resident who died during surgery after falling from a bath chair, according to CQC

Residents in Leicester ‘to ask council’s permission’ to use mobility scooter

Health & Safety by Joe Peskett on January 31, 2019

Proposed changes to Leicester City Council’s tenancy agreement includes residents being responsible for having annual safety checks on mobility scooters

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