Its official, from April 2008 till March 2009 Britain is now one of the safest places to work in the EU. Statistics just released have shown that less people have been killed or been off work from work related injuries or ill heath than in previous years.
Last year in Scotland, England and Wales just over 29 million days were lost in British industry due to some sort of work related injury, that may seem a lot but it equates to 1.24 days for each working person, the previous year it was over 33.9 million working days.
As well as the number of work related injuries falling the number of employees that were killed in our workplaces also fell to an all time low of 180 compared to over 230 in previous years.
Judith Hackitt, Chair of HSE said:
“It is really encouraging to see these improvements in the numbers of deaths, injuries and cases of ill health at work over the last year”.
As our Health and Safety is improving there are other countries which seemingly have no understanding of the concept of Health and Safety some can be seen here:
1. We all know the electricity can kill but in some countries it is still worth running the risk just to get the job done.
2. Ship building is big business, but this takes on a whole new meaning to walking the plank!
3. In many countries Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has no meaning, many workers have to improvise.
Looking at some of the above pictures it makes you glad you are working in a country where health and safety is taken seriously.
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