Health and Safety
Every year, thousands of people suffer accidents and ill health at work, with back pain, neck pain and RSI persisting as serious issues for many workers.
Yet work does not make people ill. Bad working practices and poor safety are the cause. Safe working environments are a fundamental right - but despite health and safety laws placing legal responsibility on employers, there is still at least one workplace death every day and more than 15 serious injuries every hour.
According to the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, 97% of work related deaths, injuries and illnesses are preventable.
Active union representatives can play a key role in ensuring workplaces are safe and healthy.
This health and safety website aims to have workers take the initiative in their workplace and get active over health and safety matters by:
- Electing and supporting health and safety representatives;
- Helping to make health and safety committees effective;
- Working together and keeping everyone informed;
- Refusing unhealthy conditions;
- Stopping dangerous work, and;
- Taking action if it’s not fixed.
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