OK, health & safety at public events is not my area of work, so I'd like to hear professional opinions here on this event and the injury statistic on day one..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...e-staffordshire-37132958 John

Gerry, Yes I expect all that, and a lot of slip and trip injuries too. I just wonder what the organiser's H&S manager is obliged to do to minimise risks. Not quite the same as a football stadium but surely 200 injuries should be ringing some alarm bells?

Its a bit of a lazy headline really. As someone who faces these sorts of things every day i would guess that this is 200 treatments rather than injuries. And out of an audience of 90,000 isn't that bad really. A treatment can be anything from a wasp sting (extremely prevalent at this time of year), blisters, dust in the eyes (been pretty windy the last few days), sunburn, and a whole host of minor medical reasons. This would probably make up 70-80% of the total. People who would normally treat themselves for a wasp sting will present at first aid/medical facilities because they have gone to the event pretty unprepared. Intoxication can include drink or substance misuse and there are some pretty nasty substances out there that folk find a way of incapacitating themselves with. Young people on the razzle tend to be more prone to tripping over their own feet than anything the organiser failed to do. I know that a huge amount of effort goes into ensuring that the event site is scrutinised in fine detail to remove the worst of the hazards created when building a small town in a confined greenfield space.