Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Health and safety training: What you need to know

Why is health and safety training important?

Over 200 people are killed each year in accidents at work and over one million people are injured. Over two million suffer illnesses caused by, or made worse by, their work.

Preventing accidents and ill health caused by work is a key priority for everyone at work.

Providing health and safety information and training helps to:

  • ensure employees are not injured or made ill by the work they do;
  • develop a positive health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working becomes second nature to everyone;
  • find out how health and safety can be better managed;
  • ensure that all legal duties to protect the health and safety of employees are met.

Effective training:

  • will contribute towards making employees competent in health and safety;
  • can help avoid the distress that accidents and ill health cause;
  • can help avoid the financial costs of accidents and occupational ill health.

The law requires that employers provide whatever information, instruction and training is needed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of employees.

If it you or a member of your family has been injured in an accident in the past three years call our specialist personal injury solicitors on 0800 0384 384 or click here to book a free no obligation meeting.

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for your comment.
    I am glad that this was helpful to you.

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  2. Traffic law is very important. In Asian countries traffic is not more effective then European countries
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  3. It really does all start with the right training to make sure everyone is safe.

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