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International Workers Memorial Day 28 April 2008

'Good Occupational Health for All Workers'

Corporate Killing: Facts and Figures
A Hazards Campaign briefing document

Page 1 Introduction
Page 2 Real UK estimates of death at work
Page 3 Deaths due to work related illness
Page 4 Made ill by work
Page 5 Deaths in your region - official figures
Page 6 Work-Related Deaths Worldwide

Page 4 Made ill by work - Official estimates

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) gives 2.2. million per year think they are made ill by work - with 646,000 new cases a year

LFS figures give 5% of adults who have ever worked suffering form work-related ill health.

1,144,000 affected by musculoskeletal disorders; last year 426,000 RSI cases overall with 115,000 new cases - a sharp increase on year before.

Stress - 530,000 new cases.

36 million working days lost - 30 million due to work related ill-health, 6 million due to workplace injury.

Source: Health & Safety Statistics http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm Statistics of Fatal Injuries and Health and Safety Statistics 06/07

Made ill by work - Unofficial estimates

Hazards claims LFS ignores a lot of work-related ill-health altogether (e.g. Neurotoxicity, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, most cancers, Motor Neurione Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma and other Auto-immune diseases, Vibration White Finger) and grossly underestimates numbers suffering for all work-related causes.

European Survey of Working Conditions estimates that 60% of workers suffer work-related health problems.

Hazards occupational cancer cases estimate - 32,000 new cases (21,600 -43,200) with one in five workers in GB exposed to carcinogens.

Asthma 5 million cases in the UK up to 15% work-related = 750,000, plus the same number have their asthma exacerbated by work.

Source: Hazards Report 2006 for TUC 'Job to Die for' http://www.hazards.org/disease/ and http://www.hazards.org/cancer/report.htm

Deaths in your region - official figures

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,
Manchester, M16 7WD . website www.hazardscampaign.org.uk