Friday, May 15, 2015 THE BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY MISTAKES CRIPPLING BRITISH INDUSTRY Each year around 170 people are fatally injured at work and more than 100,000 serious injuries are reported to HSE. These incidents devastate lives, causing untold suffering and grief – not to mention millions of working days being lost as result and a cost to society of billions of pounds every year. What makes matters worse is that many of these incidents are caused by the same basic health and safety mistakes that have been injuring and killing people for decades. Inspectors routinely spot these failures when visiting workplaces across Britain, and have captured some shocking examples on their cameras such as: Poorly maintained or misused ladders Dangerous work at height Inadequate safety guards on machines Badly organised workplace transport Exposure to deadly asbestos fibres Exposure to toxic paint vapours Creating clouds of silica dust Damage caused by vibrating power tools Unhygienic welfare facilities To view these images, please click on our blog or go to www.hse.gov.uk Previous Article THE BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY MISTAKES CRIPPLING BRITISH INDUSTRY Next Article COMMON WORK AT HEIGHT MYTHS - WHAT YOU DO NEED TO KNOW Print 1269 Rate this article: No rating