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Industrial injury news
24/08/2007
East of England is work injury centre
An independent analysis of Health and Safety Statistics by Consult GEE has shown that employers in the East of England have the worst rates in the UK of industrial injuries occurring among their workers.
The conviction rate of employers in the East of England for work accidents and industrial injuries was one in every 18,040; this compared unfavourably with the nationwide average of one in every 37,106.
A spokesperson from Consult said of the industrial injury and work accident phenomenon, "The East is largely agricultural and there are many inherent risks of injury in this sector. Workers in the agricultural industry are exposed to daily hazards of machinery, chemicals and arduous physical labour. The nature of this sector means that there is also a high percentage of seasonal migrant labour employed. Employers often fail to provide their workforce sufficient information of the dangers of this type of work.
"Low profit margins in the farming sector also tend to cause corner cutting and consequently there is little investment in proper health and safety procedures."
He went on to offer a stark view of the industrial injury situation in the UK, "The HSE figures are just the tip of the iceberg, as a large percentage of work-related injuries are not reported, so they are not reflected in the statistics. With many work-related illnesses, the effects may not be detected until years later, such as with hearing loss and asthma.
Often a work-related illness or long term injury may be diagnosed by a GP as an ailment of ageing', rather than a work-related illness, so they fail to get reported as such. "Health and safety is not just a case of making the workplace safe, it is about ensuring an employee's health. Occupational health has to be a long term view that requires an understanding of the adverse health effects of exposure to noise, vibration, hazardous substances and repetitive physical activity."
