WORK ACCIDENT STATS
April 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLWHILST Britain's record on serious accidents at work is declining, the factories, building sites and offices of some eastern European countries joining the European Union (EU) this weekend (May 1) are becoming safer, according to EU statistical agency Eurostat.Assuming serious accidents per 1,000 workers in 1998 are rated at 100, for 2001, Britain's index rose to 110, (although it fell to 92 for fatal accidents). By contrast, some thumping improvements were made in Hungary, (whose 100 index fell to 86 for serious accidents in 2001), and in Poland ...
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