The costs of poor health and safety to manufacturers is significant. Organisations face financial loss and, more importantly, affected individuals and families risk a reduction in quality of life.
HSE statistics estimate that, despite widely provided manual handling training, in the UK, 8.9 million days were lost due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in 2019-20. It’s important to recognise that training is only one part of an effective learning programme, the end goal of which is competence. In other words, for workers to be…
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