Keywords: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, accident measures, stress, MSDs, work-related health problems, sickness absence, health issues,

The next big challenge

Sara Bean | Feature | HSW
04.03.2006

Safety management has been highly effective in reducing workplace accidents and injuries in the UK. There was a marked downward trend in accident measures over the quarter century after the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, which has only levelled out in the past few years.< ...

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