1. Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

2. Introduction to health and safety
Every year thousands of people are forced to take
time off work due to:
Ill health
Injury

3. The importance of Health & Safety
Health & Safety is important for the following reasons:
Moral
Legal
Financial

4. Accident statistics
In 2016 there were:
137 fatalities
70,116 injuries

5. What are the benefits of good health & safety?
Safer working environment
Fewer accidents
More productive workforce
Less chance of prosecution
Less chance of civil action
Greater profits and better
reputation
Lower insurance premiums

6. What are the costs of poor health & safety?
Compensation
Loss of production
Treatment
Accidents
Prosecution
Reputation
Pain an suffering.