Understanding accidents

Posted on 17 Feb 2014 by Tim Brown

Understanding Accidents Why they happen and what you can do

With so much focus on health and safety at work, most people would be forgiven for believing that workplace injuries and fatalities should now be a rare phenomenon.

Especially as today, many businesses routinely issue and mandate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). But, as the latest research clearly shows, it’s a problem that so far refuses to go quietly (i). The evidence is clear Workplace injuries and illness cost the UK an estimated £13.4nn in the year 2011/12 Accident compensation alone…

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