HSC Performance Report 2007

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10 December 2007


Issuing officer(s): Dave Joyce

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No. 1079/07
Ref EX4
Date: 10 December 2007




To: All Branches





Dear Colleagues



HSC Performance Report 2007 (reaction to the ever changing workplace).



HSC Performance Report 2007 looks at how HSE and Local Authorities are reacting to the ever changing workplace.

As well as a summary of the latest key statistics, its themes include:

sensible health and safety;
the importance of partnership working;
the challenges of controlling major hazards
current campaigns;
targeted enforcement
HSE's new responsibilities
future challenges.
Key facts for 2006/07 are:

241 workers were killed at work.
141 350 employees suffered serious injuries at work.
2.2 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 646 000 of these were new cases in the last 12 months.
36 million days were lost overall (1.5 days per worker),
30 million due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.


Worker involvement



The report emphasises that it is vital that managers include workers and their safety representatives in decisions about health and safety. For example, HSE has recently piloted the use of worker involvement to bring a new focus to noise and vibration risks in construction and manufacturing. This involved working with 20 companies and successfully demonstrated how cooperation between workers, safety representatives and managers can improve the handling of long-term health problems. Another example saw HSE teaming up with the TUC to train safety representatives to carry out risk assessments for musculoskeletal disorders. HSE will continue to reach out to both workers and managers in its key campaigns.



HSC Performance Report 2007 (reaction to the ever changing workplace) - 24 pages. Copy attached.



Yours Sincerely





Dave Joyce

National Health, Safety & Environment Officer



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