Do the maths on health and safety
20,000 die every year in the UK as a result of their work...
Source: The case for health and safety http://bit.ly/thecaseforHS
1.9 million people in Great Britain living with an injury or illness caused or made worse by their jobs....
Source: HSE annual statistics 2010/11http://bit.ly/wr4OtC
20th out of 34 - Britain's rank in the Health and safety Risk Index of industrialised countries ...
Source Health and safety Risk Index - Maplecroft 2010 http://bit.ly/Maplecroft2010
50%+ The fall in the number of safety inspections in UK workplaces in the last 10 years...
Source: HSE annual statistics 2010/11http://bit.ly/wr4OtC
Prosecutions where employers have been found to be failing on safety at work have fallen by the same amount too...
Source: HSE annual statistics 2010/11http://bit.ly/wr4OtC
35% - the amount being cut from the government's funding of the HSE over the next three years...
Source: DWP announcement October 2010 http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/sr2010_completereport.pdf
50% reduction in serious injuries that can be obtained by having union health and safety representatives and safety committees...
Source: Reilly, Paci and Holl "unions, safety committees and workplace injuries" BJIR Vol. 33, 1995
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