This is a preview. View original post on this site
Workplace accidents are something that businesses across the UK work to prevent, avoid or otherwise mitigate; there are strong legal frameworks businesses are required to abide to for the sake of worker safety, and many go above and beyond to ensure their staff are kept safe. However, accidents are near-inevitable – and, despite those stringent laws, over 500.000 workers experienced injury in the workplace in 2021-22. During the same time period, 123 workers were unfortunate enough to lose their lives – 0.02% of total workplace accidents.
Workplace accidents rarely end in fatality, but can still have profound impacts for both