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RSS FeedsMaking Workplaces Safer: ISO to Unveil New Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Standard
(WorldNews Switzerland)

 
 

7 december 2017 12:33:31

 
Making Workplaces Safer: ISO to Unveil New Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Standard
(WorldNews Switzerland)
 


The need for better occupational health and safety (OH&S) standards to be employed in the workplace has never been clearer. Figures collated by the International Labour Organization estimate that work-related accidents and illnesses are costing the global economy 3.94% of Gross Domestic Product each year. In human terms, this represents around 2.3 million deaths and roughly 374 million non-fatal work-related injuries and illnesses a year. The knock-on effects of these statistics go beyond both the individual and the business, they also affect the wider community, which has to shoulder the burden of fatalities, early retirements, lengthy staff absence and higher insurance premiums. In order...


 
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