work-related ill health – moving forward
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Ill health in today’s workplace 2 million suffering workplace illness (1.2 million working people, 0.8 former workers) 23.3 million working days lost to ill health 19.4 million working days lost due to MSDs and work related stress Around 13,000 deaths Due to cancer & respiratory disease Cost to Britain of workplace illness ~£9.4 bn Estimated emerging costs for cancer double figure bn *2014/15 statisticsTRANSCRIPT
Work-related ill health Moving forward
Mark Flynn Health and Chemicals Unit, HSE SBTAF Meeting 3rd
December 2015 Ill health in todays workplace
2 million suffering workplace illness (1.2 million working people,
0.8 former workers) 23.3 million working days lost to ill health
19.4 million working days lost due to MSDs and work related stress
Around 13,000 deaths Due to cancer & respiratory disease Cost
to Britain of workplace illness ~9.4 bn Estimated emerging costs
for cancer double figure bn *2014/15 statistics HSEs ambition
Reduce the incidence of occupational disease through:
Prevention and Control Sustained HSE activity Focus on improving
effective management and control of health risks by
supportingevidence based targeted interventions in high risk areas
3 Tackling the issue in the right way
Carry out research Establish evidence base Identify key industry
sectors Analyse structure, characteristics, ill health data,
evidence of what has worked/failed in each sector Decide what are
most effective interventions Implement and review Priority on
cancers and respiratory diseases Priorities: Cancer and Respiratory
Disease
Carcinogenic agents/ exposure circumstances Asbestos Shift work
Welders Painters Silica (RCS) Diesel (DEEEs) Respiratory disease:
Industries/workplace activities that have high incidence and/or
large number of workers potentially exposed: Construction workers
Foundry workers Welders Quarry & stone workers Agricultural
workers Vehicle paint sprayers Bakers Activity in well understood
sectors
Crown Copyright 2014 6 Case study: Successful partnership
working
Stop dust before it stops you. 7 7 Others getting involved Asbestos
Campaign Crown Copyright 2014 9 Crown Copyright 2014 9 Tackling
occupational disease - developing new approaches Proactive
inspections
Greater focus on health Ongoing activity Control procedures Annual
construction refurbishment initiative recent press release 12
Building and developing the evidence base - examples
Diesel engine exhaust emissions (DEEEs) Shift work Painters 13 Work
streams for 2016 and beyond ..
14 Thank you 15