Ensuring our workforces are working in a safe and healthy environment has a direct correlation to a motivated and unified organisation. As such Performance Through People provide a wide range of health and safety training and consultancy services.
In addition to having a motivated workforce, PTP can support you in identifying and addressing health and safety issues and stop you from becoming another statistic. A healthy and safe work environment leads to higher productivity and reduces the costs incurred by illness and accidents.
For detailed information on our Health & Safety Courses click on the links below:
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CIEH - Level 2 Risk Assessment
Health & Safety Aid Package
CIEH - Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace
IOSH - Managing Safely
First Aid at Work
Emergency First Aid
Safety in the use of Abrasive Wheels
Safe Use of Power Presses
Fire Marshal
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Forklift Truck Training
Manual Handling
Working at Heights Awareness
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Health and Safety Facts & Figures
Ill health
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1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long-standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 555 000 of these were new conditions which started during the year.
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A further 0.8 million former workers (who last worked over 12 months ago) were suffering from an illness which was caused or made worse by their past work.
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2249 people died from mesothelioma in 2008 and thousands more from other occupational cancers and diseases such as COPD.
Injuries
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152 workers were killed at work, a rate of 0.5 fatalities per 100 000 workers.
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121 430 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR, a rate of 473 per 100 000 employees.
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233 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force Survey, a rate of 840 per 100 000 workers.
Working days lost
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28.5 million days were lost overall (1.2 days per worker)
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23.4 million due to work-related ill health
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5.1 million due to workplace injury
Enforcement
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1033 offences were prosecuted by HSE ORR
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287 offences were prosecuted by local authorities
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15 881 enforcement notices were issued by all enforcing authorities
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