Health & Safety Key Statistics

Health & Safety KEY STATISTICS ARAR RIP ЛЛ 1.2 MILLION 2,538 MESOTHELIOMA PEOPLE SUFFERING FROMA WORK-RELATED ILLNESS deaths due to past asbestos exposures 142 78,000 629,000 OTHER INJURIES TO WORKERS KILLED AT WORK (2014/15), Injuries at work from the Labour Force Survey EMPLOYEES REPORTED UNDER RIDDOR SAFETY FIRST SAFETY FIRST SAFETY FIRST 28.2 MILLION £14.2 BILLION WORKING DAYS LOST DUE TO WORK RELATED ILLNESS AND WORKPLACE INJURY estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2012/13) RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP MEN ARE 3X MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM OCCUPATIONAL CANCER 13,000 WORK RELATED THAN WOMEN DEATHS 11.3 500 DEATHS MILLION WORKING DAYS LOST DUE TO WORK-RELATED STRESS A YEAR FROM ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE MOST COMMON INJURIES BY TYPE 1: Musculoskeletal injuries GENERALLY CAUSED BY HEAVY LIFTING OR OVEREXERTION 37% this type of injury of workers have experienced 2: Slip and fall injuries CAUSED BY SLIPPING ON WET SURFACES OR TRIPPING ON MISPLACED OBJECTS 31% of workers experience this type of injury. 3: Repetitive motion injuries CAUSED BY REPETITIVE WORK SUCH AS TYPING AND MACHINE WORK 20% of workers have this type of injury at some point. 4: Machinery or object injuries CAUSED BY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT, LOOSE CLOTHING, SHOES, JEWELRY, ETC 17% of workers have been hurt by machinery struck by fallen objects. 5: Motor vehicle accident injuries OCCUR ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES AND INCLUDE DRIVERS WHO TRANSPORT PEOPLE, FREIGHT, EVEN PEDESTRIAN WORKERS WHO ARE HIT BY OTHER MOTORISTS 12% of workers who experienced workplace were involved in a car accident accidents at the BROUGHT TO YOU BY: HTTP://Www.STAYWELLOH.CO.UK/ STAYWELL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH