Managing health, safety and working environment

By Elearn

Subjects: Environmental health, Industrial Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Industrial safety, Organizational Behavior, Work environment, Safety measures, Industrial hygiene, Management Science, Management

Description: Are you looking to save your company money whilst improving employee well being? A safe, healthy working environment is good for business. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has identified companies where specific financial advantages were attributable to improved health and safety: one company saved?12 for every?1 it spent; a 73% reduction in employee insurance claims and 18% fewer days lost to injuries; a 50% reduction in civil claims. When you consider that in 2004-5 28 million working days were lost due to work-related ill-health and 7 million due to workplace injury, the benefits of.