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Survey reveals third of people who suffered work accidents did not have health and safety inductions
A new survey carried out by the National Accident Helpline has found that 35% of respondents who suffered work accidents or injuries have not had a health and safety induction when they joined their company.
Beth Powell, National Accident Helpline Consumer Director, said:
“This result shows that UK organisations still need to improve the way that they look after their staff’s safety at work and a health and safety induction for all new starters would be a key step towards this.
“More than 15,000 people a year contact National Accident Helpline after work accidents. Many of these would be avoidable with appropriate safety equipment, training and supervision.”
Data from the HSE shows that 4,711,000 working days were lost in the UK in 2008-09 due to injuries in the workplace. These include 537,000 days lost after being hit by a falling object, 897,000 from a handling or lifting injury and 948,000 slips, trips or falls.
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