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National Construction College supports HSE's Shattered Lives campaign
(21/05/2010)

HSE estimates that the combined financial costs incurred by society as a whole from preventable slips, trips and falls in all sectors is around £800 million a year. In the construction sector alone, there were 10 fatalities and 1,764 major injuries caused by slips trips and falls throughout 2008-09. A further 2,156 of these types of incidents resulted in workers having to take more than three days off work. Combined, they resulted in costs to society in excess of £99 million − costs which ... [more]

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