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Article: Waste industry incident rates higher than construction
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- Management Services
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- August 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright Institute of Management Services Aug 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Incident rates in the waste industry are higher than those in construction according to research published last month 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 who manually handle and sort waste.
The research shows that over 40% of injuries are handling and sprain types and approximately one third result from slips, trips and falls. Being struck by vehicles ...