Lifting the load: Reducing the burden of occupational disease in the UK

Mike Slater

BOHS President Elect 2014/15

• 39 fatal injuries to workers in Construction in 2012/13

• About 3 700 occupational cancer cases

• over 500 workers believed to die from exposure to silica dust

• 31 000 new cases of work-related ill health

There are currently approximately 13,000 deaths each year due to occupational diseases

99%

health

1%

safety

An estimated 1.1 million people who worked in 2011/12 were suffering from a work-related illness

Silica released during stone cutting activities

Source: HSE

Now you see it

Bakers are about 80 times more likely to develop occupational asthma than the average British worker

Recycling

Fracking

Recognise Evaluate Control

Occupational Hygiene

Recognise Evaluate Control

Occupational Hygiene

Prevention

Engineering

Work practices

PPE

Employers

HSE

Government

Employers

Trade Unions

Professionals

“HSE .. (should continue) .. to seek new and innovative ideas for interventions that maximise its impact on the continuing high levels of work-related ill health.”

HSE

Government

Employers

Trade Unions

Professionals

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