Financial costs of accidents highlighted by HSE
4 April 2008 16:38
Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sought to highlight the impact of workplace slips, trips and falls in the Mansfield area.
Data released by the organisation illustrates the potential consequences of such accidents as, over the course of 2007, in addition to the occurrence of 32 significant injuries, slips, trips and falls also resulted in one fatality.
In total, the combined impact of these accidents cost Mansfield's local economy £1.65 million.
"Each year slips, trips and falls cost the local community of Mansfield £1.65 million pounds," said Francine Clarke, an inspector for the HSE in Mansfield.
"But what these figures don't reflect is the extent to which these injuries affect individual workers and their families."
The organisation has also revealed that every 25 minutes, a workplace injury causes someone to either break or fracture a bone.
The HSE was established as a consequence of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
Data released by the organisation illustrates the potential consequences of such accidents as, over the course of 2007, in addition to the occurrence of 32 significant injuries, slips, trips and falls also resulted in one fatality.
In total, the combined impact of these accidents cost Mansfield's local economy £1.65 million.
"Each year slips, trips and falls cost the local community of Mansfield £1.65 million pounds," said Francine Clarke, an inspector for the HSE in Mansfield.
"But what these figures don't reflect is the extent to which these injuries affect individual workers and their families."
The organisation has also revealed that every 25 minutes, a workplace injury causes someone to either break or fracture a bone.
The HSE was established as a consequence of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
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