article_snippet: While soldiers in Afghanistan have risked soldiers in Afghanistan lives fighting the Taliban, MoD staff stationed in the UK are constantly being carted off to hospital for trips, falls, crashes and bizarre health and safety incidents.
article_snippet: The details of the catalogue of mishaps to befall military personnel in the UK were revealed by safety officers who have had to record all serious incidents for the Health and Safety Executive.
article_snippet: Although there were parachuting, roping and other training course injuries sustained by military personnel last year there were also a host of more mundane office based accidents.
article_snippet: A member of the public who was visiting a recreation of a World War I trench ended up in hospital with a gash to A member of the public who was visiting a recreation of a World War
article_snippet: I trench head when A member of the public who was visiting a recreation of a World War I trench stood on a crate to get a view over the top and toppled back over.
article_snippet: In a separate case a group of cadets were injured when the camping gas canister a group of cadets were using to cook a meal exploded, leaving one girl with bad burns.
article_snippet: Another MOD worker was off work for more than a month after Another MOD worker injured Another MOD worker bladder in a slip on the newly cleaned floor of the office toilets, while a dog handler suffered bad cuts after trying to separate a fight between two military dogs.
article_snippet: All the incidents were recorded on RIDDOR forms which the Health and Safety Executive make organisations fill out when there has been a serious injury in the workplace or a dangerous incident that could have led to an accident.
article_snippet: An MOD spokesperson said: 'MOD has a duty of care to all MOD employees whether military or civilian personnel. '