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HSE seminar aimed at helping employers avoid costs of back injuries
Back pain can be excruciating, but can also injure the bank balances of businesses, so the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting employers to a free event in Cardiff aimed at giving them support in getting health and safety right before they have an accident.
The event, at the Copthorne Hotel in Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff, will provide free advice from back experts, HSE inspectors and healthcare professionals.
HSE Principal Inspector Chris Ward said: "Back pain costs employers in Wales about £250 million each year. Employees with back pain take, on average, 19 days sickness absence per year, and yet a great deal of this cost can be avoided.
"There is a wealth of advice and knowledge available to employers through the HSE and through Workplace Health Connect. Simple issues such as providing training in correct manual handling techniques can save a business a lot of money in the long run, and attending this event is an excellent way to start putting best practice into action."
The event will also provide employers currently experiencing sickness absence issues through back pain with suggestions on realistic and proactive return to work strategies.
HSE is working in support of the Welsh Assembly Government's Welsh Backs campaign, which aims to raise awareness of measures to prevent back pain, but also to encourage those with back trouble to continue with their lives as normal, rather than "taking it lying down."
The event takes place on 21st March 2007 between 9.30 am and 3.15pm. Anyone interested in attending should contact Ruth Batten at HSE Cardiff on 029 2026 3074 or email
ruth.batten@hse.gsi.gov.uk.
