Woodglade Consultants - putting the "H" back into "H&S".

We provide our clients with professional and solutions-oriented services in occupational hygiene, occupational health and safety, environment and strategic management consulting.

We focus on occupational hygiene and occupational health in the workplace.

Why?

...... some statistics from the UK Health and Safety Executive (issued 24 November 2023; https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/hssh2223.pdf ):

In 2022/23:

• 136 workers killed in work-related accidents

• 2,268 mesothelioma deaths in 2020 due to past asbestos exposures

• 60,645 injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR

• 561,000 injuries at work from the Labour Force Survey

• 1.8 million working people were suffering from a work-related ill health

• 672,000 workers suffering from a new case of work-related ill health in 2022/23

Work-related ill health statistics (2022/23):

• 473,000: Workers suffering from work-related musculoskeletal disorders

• 875,000: Workers suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety

• 1.8 million: Work-related ill health cases

• 2,268 mesothelioma deaths in 2021 due to past asbestos exposures

• 35.2 million: Working days lost due to work-related illness

• 6 million: Working days lost due to workplace injury

• 12,000: Lung disease deaths each year estimated to be linked to past exposures at work

• £13.1 billion: Annual costs of new cases of ill health in 2021/22, excluding long latency illness such as cancer

• £7.7 billion: Annual costs of work-related injury in 2021/22

At Woodglade we are passionate about re-addressing the balance and making occupational health and safety of equal importance.

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