Employers have many obligations to influence safety in the workplace. Under the Working Conditions Decree, they are obliged to carefully identify the risks of the activities within their company. If an accident does occur, the employer is obliged to report the…
The recent demand by the Public Prosecution Service (OM) for a substantial fine against Sabic Limburg due to serious safety violations has drawn attention to the vital issue of worker safety within the petrochemical industry. As a personal injury lawyer, MCJ…
Work-related accidents happen every day. Sectors in which many industrial accidents occur are construction, industry and agriculture. When an employee is injured in an accident at work, the question is whether the employer is liable and whether the (insurer of the)…
Every year, three to four thousand serious industrial accidents occur in the Netherlands, in which someone is injured or dies during his or her work. In addition, approximately 4,000 cases of occupational disease are reported each year. We speak of an…
