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Workplace injuries and fatalities 'underestimated'
19/06/2008
Academic research has claimed that official figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) "masks" the number of workplace deaths and harm caused by workplace injuries.
Professor Steve Tombs and Dr. David Whyte from the Centre for Crime and Justice
Studies (CCJS) at King's College London assert that their study shows that more than 80 per cent of formally-recorded fatalities in the workplace are "buried in the official data" rather than displayed in statistics.
Indeed, the researchers have concluded that employees are more likely to be hurt or killed in this kind of incident than through assault or murder.
They call this phenomenon "organisational violence" and say workplace deaths are well above the HSE's official statistics - which show 241 deaths by GB and Northern Ireland workers in 2006-07 - maintaining that the real figure is closer to 1,400.
Solicitors in Northern Ireland can offer legal advice concerning claims for workplace injury or death.
On April 6th, the Corporate Manslaughter Act came into force in the UK, making companies liable for deaths caused by poor workplace practices.
Contact us for legal advice
Professor Steve Tombs and Dr. David Whyte from the Centre for Crime and Justice
Studies (CCJS) at King's College London assert that their study shows that more than 80 per cent of formally-recorded fatalities in the workplace are "buried in the official data" rather than displayed in statistics.
Indeed, the researchers have concluded that employees are more likely to be hurt or killed in this kind of incident than through assault or murder.
They call this phenomenon "organisational violence" and say workplace deaths are well above the HSE's official statistics - which show 241 deaths by GB and Northern Ireland workers in 2006-07 - maintaining that the real figure is closer to 1,400.
Solicitors in Northern Ireland can offer legal advice concerning claims for workplace injury or death.
On April 6th, the Corporate Manslaughter Act came into force in the UK, making companies liable for deaths caused by poor workplace practices.
Contact us for legal advice
