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11/02/2009
HSE: Slips, trips and falls kill |
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that seeing people fall over is no laughing matter.
According to the organisation, in London alone there were more than 3,700 serious injuries as a result of a slip, trip or fall from height, causing 21 deaths.
Westminster took up the unenviable position of worst area with 409 major injuries and two deaths in 2007/08, followed by Hillingdon with 374 reported serious injury cases and two fatal falls.
Serious injuries and fatalities resulting from such accidents cost Britain around £700 million last year.
Marcia Davies, head of the injury reduction programme at the HSE, said: "People often view slips, trips and falls as trivial incidents, even comical, but they are no joke to those who suffer major injuries, a lifetime of disability, time off work and, in the worst cases, death."
She says that the organisation wishes to raise awareness of how these incidents happen and how business can introduce simple measures to make a positive difference to safety in the workplace.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association says that increased personal injury claims have made it virtually impossible for insurers to drop premium rates.
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