Health and safety training 'could cut accident at work risk by a third'RSS Feed
Employers who invest in health and safety training for their workforce could cut the risk of an accident at work by a third, according to an industry specialist.
Phil Bates, senior policy and technical adviser at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (Iosh), said that employer's legal obligation to look after the wellbeing of their workers should not be the only reason they have health and safety programmes in place.
He noted that there are "clear economic benefits" in providing health and safety training, with energy firm E.ON saving £12 million in one year by investing in such schemes.
Iosh recently undertook a survey of business leaders, less than half of which listed health and safety as one of their top three priorities.
"Business leaders were certainly missing a trick where health and safety was concerned," commented Mr Bates.
This follows news from the Health and Safety Executive that there has been a drop in the number of injury and accident at work reports.
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