Calls for Continued Focus on Workplace Health and Safety
The latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that 137 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in the UK last year. The figure, which relates to the period April 2016 to March 2017, is the second-lowest annual total on record – ten fewer than in 2015-16 and 34 fewer than in 2011-12. […]
Tackling Occupational Health Problems
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has announced that it will be using its latest Occupational Safety and Health Congress to look at how best to reduce the incidence of work-related ill health. RoSPA highlights that ill health is responsible for more than 99% of work-related deaths, 84% of sickness absence and […]