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On its 50th birthday we might ask how successful has the Health & Safety at Work Act been?
well in 1969 there were 323,000 workplace deaths & injuries.... top from 168,000 ten years earlier.
In 1974, the there were 2.9 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers; by 2023-24, it was down to 0.42 per 100,000 representing 138 work-related deaths.
Now that looks like success.... not Health & Safety gone mad, but workers & their families saved from tragedies!
#workers #politics
https://theconversation.com/the-uks-health-and-safety-at-work-act-is-50-heres-how-its-changed-our-lives-235794
Being born in the late 70’s, I am a beneficiary of the concept of Health and Safety, but never experienced the loss of life that led up to it. All I’ve ever known is rightwing people knocking the concept, but incidents like Aberfan and the fact that by 1969 you had 323,000 workplace deaths must make even the most anti-union pro-business folk realise change absolutely had to happen. And I celebrate that change.
@JugglingWithEggs @ChrisMayLA6
And the fact that it was a women (Barbara Castle) who kickstarted the action that led to health and safety legislation for the workplace reconfirms my belief women do fundamentally see life very differently to men and are more risk averse - which has a stabilising effect on humanity. More women in positions of power, politics, journalism and science have led to greater scrutiny of aspects of health and safety. That’s a good thing.
@JugglingWithEggs @ChrisMayLA6
Excellent point.
I genuinely believe we would not be in the mess we're in, be with regards to the climate, inequality, whatever, were women in charge, generally