{"id":22568,"date":"2018-08-24T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bn-design-portfolio.co.uk\/theriskfactor\/?p=22568"},"modified":"2018-08-24T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:00:28","slug":"apples-5bn-glass-office-design-causes-employee-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/insurance-news\/apples-5bn-glass-office-design-causes-employee-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s $5bn Glass Office Design Causes Employee Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Jobs called it \u201ca shot at the best office building in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But it emerged this week that employees at Apple Park \u2013 Apple\u2019s $5bn California HQ, a stunning glass building designed by Norman Foster \u2013 are reportedly accidentally walking into its all-glass walls and doors.<\/p>\n<p>At least three Apple employees required emergency medical treatment for minor cuts to the head during the building\u2019s first month in operation, according to 911 call recordings \u2013 despite warnings from a building inspector that its glass doors and walls, which were \u201cspecially treated\u201d to achieve the desired level of transparency, could not be told apart.<\/p>\n<p>Some employees have resorted to make-shift solutions including sticking yellow post-its to doors, but these were reportedly removed because they detracted from the building\u2019s sleek, spaceship-like design.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Architects of dismay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slips and trips happen, but is it common for buildings themselves to cause injury? It\u2019s hard to tell from the stats, but we think not\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There were\u00a0<strong>609,000<\/strong>\u00a0self-reported non-fatal injuries to UK workers in 2016\/17, with\u00a0<strong>29%<\/strong>\u00a0of those being put down to a\u00a0<strong>slip, trip or fall on the same level<\/strong>. Injuries incurred while\u00a0<strong>lifting and handling<\/strong>\u00a0came in second at<strong>\u00a022%<\/strong>, while\u00a0<strong>10%<\/strong>\u00a0of injuries were caused by a worker being\u00a0<strong>struck with an object<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are found liable for not doing enough to reduce the risk of injury, an employee injured on your premises or in the line of work could bring about an Employers Liability claim. To keep your policy valid, make sure you inform your insurer of any changes to your building or activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three employees have reportedly injured themselves walking into glass walls within a month of Apple&#8217;s $5bn California HQ opening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theriskfactor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}