The Hazards Campaign
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resource centres and campaigners
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Memorial Day 28 April 2006 Deaths in Great Britain OFFICIAL HSE FIGURES for 2004/05 these are provisional (previous years in brackets 2003/04, 2002/03, 2001/02) FATAL INJURIES
MAJOR INJURIES OVER 3-DAY
INJURIES ASBESTOS
RELATED DISEASE 3,500 cancers due to asbestos (mesothelioma plus lung cancer) plus 110 from asbestosis OCCUPATIONAL
CANCERS Source Health & Safety Statistics Statistics of Fatal Injuries and Health and Safety Statistics 04/05
To the official figures above should be added: • about 30 people killed at sea on British registered ships and in British waters; • about 1,000 people in work-related road traffic accidents (1.5 % of vehicles on the roads are commercial but they are involved in 30% of road traffic accidents and deaths ) Source: RoSPA, TGWU, Hazards, TUC • an estimated 50,000 killed by occupational illnesses cancers, respiratory disease cardio-vascular illnesses Source: Hazards Report 2006 ‘Job to Die for’
Deaths Worldwide Worldwide the ILO estimates that each year the toll at work due to unsafe working practices is: • approximately
2.2 million workers killed by occupational injuries and illnesses; • an estimated 500-2,000 non-fatal injuries for every fatal injury - many result in lost earnings, lost jobs and permanent disability and poverty; • equivalent to 5,000 workers dying each and every day across the world; • equivalent to three people dying every minute across the world; For comparison: • work kills more than twice as many as warfare (650,000 deaths per year), • work kills more than twice as many as are killed on the roads • work kills more people than alcohol and drugs together, and • the resulting loss in gross domestic product is 20 times greater than all official development assistance to developing countries; • hazardous substances alone kill 340,000 per year with one substance, asbestos, accounting for 100,000 of the deaths; The ILO claims
that at least half the deaths from incidents could be prevented by safe
working practices and all accidents are avoidable and preventable. Deaths in North West *****Note latest figures for North West for current year 2005/6 show deaths 50% higher than 2004/5***** OFFICIAL FIGURES 2004/05 provisional (previous years 2003/04, 2002/03. 2001/02) FATAL INJURIES MAJOR INJURIES
to WORKERS OVER 3-DAY
INJURIES to WORKERS NON –FATAL
INJURIES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC Total injuries
in the North West Injuries to employees by Industrial Sector in the North West 2004/05p (previous years 2003/4, 2002/03, 2001/02) Does not include self-employed therefore excludes the Chinese cockle pickers in 2003/4
Excluding
fatalities reported to Railway Inspectorate (nine in 2003/04 and five
in 2004.05) All injuries reported to HSE in North West by county 2004/05p (previous year 03/04, )
Source: Statistics
of Occupational Safety, Ill-health and Enforcement action 2004/05 North
West www.hse.gov.uk/statistics |
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| Advice centres, victim support groups, local and national campaigns, other sources of information and support The Hazards Campaign is a national network established in 1988, financed by donations from supporting groups and individuals. It draws together Hazards Centres, Occupational Health Projects, health and safety groups and Trades Union Councils' Safety Committees, specific campaigns and individual health and safety activists. Specific campaign groups include the Construction Safety Campaign, bereaved relatives groups, asbestos support groups, RSI support groups, pesticide sufferers groups, campaigns against hazards affecting black and ethnic minority groups and toxic waste groups. The campaign works
by: sharing information and skills; campaigning on specific issues; acting
as a national voice; issuing press releases; holding conferences; establishing
national initiatives, including Workers Memorial Day; lobbying MPs, MEPs
and statutory bodies. The Campaign organises the annual Hazards Conference
and holds meetings about five times a year which are open to anyone sharing
the aims of the campaign. |
The Hazards Campaign,
c/o Greater Manchester Hazards Centre, Windrush Millennium Centre, 70
Alexandra Road, |
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