"It's not all 'Elf & Safety'!

"Health and safety laws ban conkers at school"

"It's illegal to work on a ladder"

"Every Job needs a written work procedure"

Scare stories like these are the way the majority of people perceive the field health & safety.

But ARE THEY TRUE?

Many employers and employees are confused as to what is required of them.

Sadly for every misinformed scare story, the REAL statistics make worrying reading.

The Health & Safety Executive figures for the year 2009/10 report:

• 1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 555 000 of these were new cases.

• 152 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.5 per 100 000 workers.

• 121,430 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR, a rate of 473 per 100 000 employees.

• 233,000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 840 per 100 000 workers.

• 28.5 million days were lost overall (1.2 days per worker), 23.4 million due to work-related ill health and 5.1 million due to workplace injury.

 DON'T LET YOURSELF OR YOUR EMPLOYEES BECOME A STATISTIC.

Aim-to-Train Ltd can give you the knowledge to enable you to work safer