Work related ill-health

Writing a health and safety policy statement is more than just a legal requirement - it is your commitment to planning and managing health and safety. It is the key to achieving acceptable standards, reducing accidents and cases of work-related ill health and it shows your employees that you care for their health and safety. 

All accidents and cases of work-related ill health are to be recorded in the accident book. The book is kept by/at... 

Gordon, F. and Risley, D. (1999). The Cost to Britain of Workplace Accidents and Work Related Ill-Health in 1995196 (2nd edn). London HSE Books. 

Monnery N.,1998. The costs of accidents and work-related ill-health to a cheque clearing department of a financial services organization. Safety Science, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 1998, Pages 59-69. 

Understands the importance of investigating and keeping adequate records of accidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses, and work related ill-health the procedure for investigating accidents and the information that should be included in the report. 

Medical factors conducive to work-related ill health and... 

Some individual medical factors may lead to increased work-related ill health, disability... 

Occupational or work-related ill-health - is concerned with those illnesses or physical and mental disorders that are either caused or triggered by workplace activities. Such conditions may be induced by the particular work activity of the individual or by activities of others in the workplace. The time interval between exposure and the onset of the illness may be short (e.g. asthma attacks) or long (e.g. deafness or cancer). 

Work-related ill-health and occupational disease can lead to absence from work and, in some cases, to death. 

Table 1.5 shows the prevalence of self reported work related ill-health for all industries. 

Table 1.6 Annual cases and incidence rates for work-related ill-health seen by the health and occupational reporting network disease specialists from 2002 to 2004...

In order to achieve an outcome of no injuries or work-related ill health, and to satisfy stakeholders, health and safety risks need to be controlled. Effective risk control is founded on an effective health and safety management system. This is illustrated in Figure 19.2. 

A further study has looked at the wider effect on the economy of industrial accidents Davies and Teasdale The costs to the British economy of work accidents and work-related ill health (HSE, 1994). 

Minimize risk to employees and others by aiding the development of efficient working practices to prevent accidents and work-related ill health. 

HSE—Health and Safety Executive 2012. Costs to Britain of workplace injuries and work-related ill health 2010/11 update. HSE Books, UK... 

Every working day in Great Britain, at least one person is killed and over 6000 are injured as a result of work activities and about one million people take time off because of what they regard as work-related illness. In total, accidents and work-related ill health result in about 30 million lost work-days. 

Accidents and work related ill-health cost the British economy between 6 billion and 12 billion per year. 30 million days are lost each year from work related injuries and ill-health. 

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