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All articles by Helen Cox -
Health and Safety is more commonly overlooked than it should be.
Although when starting a new job it is the duty of your employer to
make you aware of health and safety, with a legal obligation to do
so, this is more than usually done through watching short films
about what to do in an emergency and being told where the nearest
fire points are, but how many of us would actually know what to do
if a situation like those seen in the films happened in real
life?
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“Employment is nature’s physician and is essential for human
happiness” Galen, ca 180 AD. In 2003/04 30 million working days
were lost to illness that were caused by work related issues. Two
million people believed they were suffering from a work related
illness in 2003/04. ½ a million people were said to be suffering
from stress/depression or anxiety. 183,000 claimed to have
breathing or lung problems. Hearing problems were sustained by
81,000, skin problems by 31,000 and heart disease/attack by
66,000.
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