The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued updated advice for patients implanted with metal-on-metal hip replacements.

Concerns have been raised over the use of the metal-on-metal (MoM) implants for years following patients developing “progressive soft tissue reactions to the wear debris” that has been associated with the devices failing.

New and updated advice is calling for all U.K. patients to be recalled for screening and testing for device failure as a precaution.
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A fleet of Mini Cooper cars have been recalled due to a brake light fault.

It’s not yet known exactly how many Mini Coopers could be recalled worldwide.

According to regulators, BMW is recalling 16,883 Mini Cooper Clubman, Mini Cooper S Clubman and Mini JCW Clubman cars to address the potential brake light malfunction.

The cars are in the 2016 and 2017 model years, and they’re arguably a road traffic accident waiting to happen!
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We’ve covered a bit of this recently, and with good reason. Accidents from self-driving cars have already happened, and unless this new technology is done right, our roads could be less safe than ever.

It seems the law is potentially falling behind on regulating fast advancing technology as no one really knows what laws still apply to autonomous driving. In the U.S., Elon Musk and Google’s autonomous cars are surpassing our norms and reportedly leaving law enforcement baffled on what is allowed on the roads and what isn’t.

It’s clear that car and technology companies need legislation to keep-up so that their new high tech cars can be built, sold and used on roads safely.
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Self-driving vehicles has been on the rise in recent years, and it’s been made easier by advancing technology.

However, not all technology has positive effects on our lives, and Uber’s self-driving vehicle crash is a stark reminder of how dangerous innovation can be, and how careful we need to be when advancing ourselves.

Safety must always be the primary concern.
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Four employees tragically died while carrying out a job at an excavation site.

The four employees were working on constructing a steel structure as part of the foundation for a large Pressure Test Facility (PTF) at Claxton Engineering Services Limited in Great Yarmouth. The partially-built steel structure weighed several tonnes and would have weighed 32 tonnes on completion. The excavation for the PTF was more than 23m long, 3m wide and 2m deep.

Sadly, the structure collapsed on top of the employees.
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The Injury Lawyers are investigating the issues surrounding Paterson’s convictions, and any victims who need our expert legal advice are welcome to approach us for help

Former renowned breast surgeon Ian Paterson was stripped of his title after he reportedly performed botched surgeries on potentially thousands of patients.

Following on from almost 10 years of investigations into his misconduct, Paterson was convicted late last month of causing harm with intent in numerous cases. Paterson was found to have performed unnecessary surgery and increased risks of cancer in some cases, and hundreds of patients are now coming forward to seek legal advice.
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Injuries can happen anywhere, any place and at any time; and most certainly at work. This was the case for one employee who was injured by a chainsaw whilst they were cutting down a tree.

Two employees of Growing Green Limited, a salad growing company, were working together at Brentwood Nursery on cutting down a tree… Whilst one employee held and supported the branches the other cut the tree using a chainsaw. Midway through the process, one of the employee’s arms tragically landed on top of the chainsaw whilst the machinery was still in operation.
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The alternative taxi company Uber have recently restarted their testing after a three day suspension following an autonomous vehicle test crash.

Uber were testing one of their Volva XC90s in its ‘self-driving’ function in Arizona when things got out of hand. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt in the crash. Two test drivers were in the Volvo, testing its autonomous self-driving mode.
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On the 30^th June 2015 a 42 year-old unnamed employee was working nearby a trailer on a Buchan Concrete Solutions’ Drakelow site in Burton-on-Trent. He was working next to where concrete blocks were being moved when tragedy struck.

Another worker was in the process of moving some wooden struts that were supporting the concrete blocks. One of the extremely heavy concrete blocks became dislodged and fell off a forklift truck and onto the 42 year old employee.

Although the concrete block thankfully missed his head, it did crush one of his legs. With the sheer weight of the concrete block, the man’s foot was severely crushed beyond repair, and was later amputated.
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Although technology is growing at an unprecedented rate, the safety of such technological products remains questionable.

The first trend of such products exploding/catching on fire started with the Samsung Galaxy phones, then the iPhones (according to some disputed reports), and now the Fitbit.

The Fitbit is a wireless activity tracker and sleep wristband which measures data such as the number of steps walked, heart rate, quality of sleep, and other personal metrics to regulate an individual’s fitness and well-being.

From this story, there may be dangers of using them…
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