According to a new HSE survey published last week (June 3rd 2009), more than a quarter of business leaders say that their organisation will face demands to reduce expenditure on health and safety this year.
Eighty per cent of leaders acknowledge that good health and safety standards are beneficial. This is due to the fact that the cost of preventing accidents, is almost always lower than the costs of an accident once it happens.
Almost 90% of business leaders felt that the most important asset of the organisation are the people, whilst in addition to preventing accidents, 65% of employees stated that good health and safety practices make them feel valued.
Almost half of Britain's workers know of somebody who has been injured at work; however the actual rate of serious injury and death is greatly misjudged. On average, employees think that 3,000 people were killed or seriously injured while at work last year, but in actual fact the number is 136,000.
Judith Hackitt, Chair of HSE said: "HSE is not, and never will be, 'the fun police.' Our new strategy shows the way towards a common sense attitude to health and safety. As regulators, our approach to businesses will be proportionate to the risk they present and their approach to managing it.
"We are calling on employers and business owners to take the lead themselves in preventing the thousands of deaths every year which are caused by work - it is their moral and legal duty and it is good for the business."
James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said: "There are too many clichés about the role of 'health and safety' in our society. But amidst ridiculous myths about banning donkeys and flip flops, the fact is that too many people are still needlessly killed or injured. The fact that some people go out to work and never return home to their families is a human tragedy. The new HSE strategy recognises that a significant challenge now faces everyone with a stake in health and safety. We need to do everything we can to drive down the toll of death and injury."
Eighty per cent of leaders acknowledge that good health and safety standards are beneficial. This is due to the fact that the cost of preventing accidents, is almost always lower than the costs of an accident once it happens.
Almost 90% of business leaders felt that the most important asset of the organisation are the people, whilst in addition to preventing accidents, 65% of employees stated that good health and safety practices make them feel valued.
Almost half of Britain's workers know of somebody who has been injured at work; however the actual rate of serious injury and death is greatly misjudged. On average, employees think that 3,000 people were killed or seriously injured while at work last year, but in actual fact the number is 136,000.
Judith Hackitt, Chair of HSE said: "HSE is not, and never will be, 'the fun police.' Our new strategy shows the way towards a common sense attitude to health and safety. As regulators, our approach to businesses will be proportionate to the risk they present and their approach to managing it.
"We are calling on employers and business owners to take the lead themselves in preventing the thousands of deaths every year which are caused by work - it is their moral and legal duty and it is good for the business."
James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said: "There are too many clichés about the role of 'health and safety' in our society. But amidst ridiculous myths about banning donkeys and flip flops, the fact is that too many people are still needlessly killed or injured. The fact that some people go out to work and never return home to their families is a human tragedy. The new HSE strategy recognises that a significant challenge now faces everyone with a stake in health and safety. We need to do everything we can to drive down the toll of death and injury."
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