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Date added ~ Wednesday 30th June 2010
Employers not running health and safety training
According to leading personal injury solicitors, over a third of 121 employees interviewed who were injured at work in the past year were not given health and safety inductions upon commencing their employment.
Health and safety inductions are pivotal to ensuring every employee understands a company's safety procedures. Usually including information on each orgnaisation's first aiders, use of equipment and machinery, plus the location of essential fire exits, inductions take little time to perform and could save employers thousands of pounds in personal injury claims.
Employees should be trained upon their induction and whenever working arrangements or conditions change, such as a change of building or the introduction of new machinery. In some instances there should also be regular refresher training.
But, with 4,711,000 working days lost due to workplace injuries last year, employers are not doing enough to safeguard their workforce.
When employers fail to follow the correct health and safety procedures staff members suffer. Such injuries should not come without compensation.
If you've been involved in an accident and are in need of the best legal representation in the region, then give us a call on either 01604 828282 or 01908 660966. Alternatively you can complete our online contact form. Our specialist team of accident claims solicitors are always on hand to help.
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