From the CEO’s desk

The true costs of worker injury seem to always get ignored. With the costs of treatment afterwards, the loss of skills in the workplace, potential benefits claims and of course the toll on the lives of the families and workmates, all being overlooked by the vast amount of noise being made to make UK industry more cost competitive and to support the small business man.

 

Small businesses need to be supported to ensure they have the best workforce available who are motivated, turn up to work every day and concentrate on what they do rather than avoiding potential incidents . Sensible and effectively implemented health and safety can both save injuries and be a profitable undertaking.

 

As we now head towards a general election, all of the parties will be spelling out their manifestos and making speeches to outline their plans. If health and safety is used as a blunt tool to get headlines, it is to everyone’s detriment including the workers who are unnecessarily injured, the companies who lose their work skills and the country which has to pay to support and heal them.

 

There is the need to take MP’s and their parties to task to explain their comments in depth and counter these unfortunate comments. The headlines may be cheap, but the resultant injuries certainly aren’t.