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Why You Need to Get Your Construction Business Health & Safety Accredited

Health and Safety has been at the top of the construction industry agenda for a number of years now and rightly so. Although there has been a significant reduction in the number of injuries sustained, the levels are still too high. These account for 10% of all major workplace accidents reported and 22% of employee fatalities whilst employing only 5% of the population. It encompasses not only accidents on site, but ill health from other related illnesses such as more than 5,000 cases of occupational cancer reported annually. Continue reading Why You Need to Get Your Construction Business Health & Safety Accredited