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HSE campaign to prevent deaths targets farming industry
A new campaign to prevent deaths on farms has been launched. "Make the promise. Come Home Safe” is a campaign from the HSE targeting farmers and their families. The campaign asks farmers to make a simple promise - to come home safe – with the message that they owe it to their families and friends, to the land they farm, and to their communities, to come home safe. In 2007-2008, there were 42 deaths on farms. Less tha...
News | 5 Jan 2009
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HSE farming campaign proving a success
Just six weeks since it was launched, more than 6,000 farmers have responded to the HSE’s latest campaign to prevent deaths on British farms. 'Make the promise. Come home safe', is already HSE's most successful agricultural safety campaign over the past ten years. The initiative was launched at the beginning of last month by the HSE, targeting farmers and their families. The cam...
News | 23 Feb 2009
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...rding to where you are in the world. Neil Archibald reports. 8 workplacelaw kp oc ist o .c to ho m I n many developed countries health and safety legislation sets minimum standards of what is expected of an employer by way of safeguarding a worker's rights while in the workplace. In the UK the HSE has undertaken research revealing that 70% of all workplace accidents are the direct result of management failings and the same percentage of deaths and serious injuries are avoidable. It also estimates that some 80% of workplace deaths involve some form of human factor. Geoffrey Podger, Chief Exec...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
