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Article: Waste industry incident rates higher than construction.
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- June 17, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 June 2004-UK Government: Waste industry incident rates higher than construction(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Incidents rates in the waste industry are higher than those in construction according to research published yesterday by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
'Mapping health and safety standards in the UK waste industry', a report of a research project carried out by Bomel Limited for HSE shows that the number of fatal incidents are over ten times the national average, while accident rates are four times the average.
The incidents predominantly occur to refuse/recycling collection workers ...