Businesses 'becoming more committed to health and safety'
Commercial insurance
29th June 2009
Companies are increasingly becoming aware of the potential benefits of investing in health and safety, an expert has suggested.
According to a spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE): "Failing to get health and safety right is a legal responsibility, it's also a moral responsibility."
He noted that when incidents do occur, businesses can be beset with "all sorts of problems" and could face prosecution, poor staff morale and lost productivity as a result.
The HSE representative emphasised the importance of committing to health and safety and pointed to a new strategy launch by the executive that calls on organisations and employers to sign a pledge to focus on related issues.
Business liability insurance customers are advised that the latest HSE figures show that 180 people were killed last year in workplace accidents, the first time the annual level of fatalities has fallen below 200 since the establishment of the agency.
The total for 2008-09 was 22 per cent below the average of 231 for the past five years and corresponded to a rate of 0.59 fatalities per 100,000 workers.
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