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Huge windfalls await organisations who conquer workplace accidents & ill-health
#17 - 0--SHEpro_Admin01--Huge windfalls await organisations who conquer workplace accidents & ill-health--2004-10-11 11:13:46
#Updated estimates have again confirmed the large sums awaiting employers who can significantly reduce workplace accidents. - HSE's
recently published latest interim estimates of the
costs of Britain's workplace accidents and work-related ill health carried in The costs to Britain of workplace accidents and
work-related ill health in 1995/96 show for 2001/02 that health and safety
failures probably cost employers between £3.9 - £7.8 billion.
The figures follow detailed calculations drawing on a large amount of data from
many different sources, however, HSE says the full set of data required will
not be available until 2005, and estimates are based upon the best available
occupational injury and illness data from 2001/02. The estimates now feature
proportionately wider ranges reflecting this uncertainty,
other losses incurred are given as:
- individuals - £10.1- £14.7 billion,
- the economy - £13.1 - £22.2 billion, and
- society
as a whole - £20 - £31.8 billion.
The new estimates also quantify the major cost
categories that make up the totals. For employers, figures are given by
industry sector, occupation and region. --comments-->0--50084--5
