health and safety
why is health and safety important
Whatever sort of business you are, there is always the possibility of an accident or damage to someone’s health. All work exposes people to hazards, be they: loads which have to be manually handled; dangerous machinery; toxic substances; electricity; working with display screen equipment or even psychological hazards such as stress.
The reason there are not even more accidents and diseases caused by work is because systems of prevention are in place which have been built up over generations. Safety does not come about by accident: most accidents happen because they have not been prevented. Yet despite all the precautions that are taken in the UK, there are still over 600, 000 workplace injuries every year as well as 1.8 million cases of ill health caused or made more by work.
In 2010/11 26.4 million working days were lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury.
Even small businesses have accidents. Accident rates in small businesses can be higher than in large operations(for instance the fatality rate in SME manufacturers is twice that of large ones
Good you have posted about health and safety. Now you need to give some examples. For instance why is there no drink or liquids to be brought in to the computer room? Why do we place our bags under the benches? There were some other issues we discussed as a class activity that you should refer to. Thanks Steve
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