High Rates Of Injury Still Remain

摘要

Latest Statistics from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have shown that the combined fatal and major injury rate in the waste and recycling sector is more than four times the average across all industries In the waste and recycling industry 416 employees per 100000 suffer a major injury or are killed at work compared with the all-industry average rate of 102 per 100000. A total of 530 major injuries to employees in waste and recycling were reported in 2009/10 - a fall of 10 percent on the previous year when 590 major injuries were reported. Major injuries, such as amputations and broken limbs, account for around one in four injuries in the sector.