OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
May 1st, 2001
Alan OsborneSMALLER companies are still not getting the message about the link between ill health and conditions in the workplace. Papers presented to the recent Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) conference at the Birmingham NEC from May 21 to 24 showed that national campaigns are missing the mark.Official figures show that every year, some 10,000 people die through past exposure to hazards such as asbestos. As many as 2.1 million people a year suffer ill health caused, or made worse by, work. Between them, accidents at work and occupational ...
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