According to the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents an estimate of 36 million working days are lost due to work related health disturbances and health accidents.
Work accidents affect the health and the well-being of the employers as well as the employees.
Every employer as well as employee has certain duties and responsibilities towards work accidents.
Some of them are as follows- • Duties of the employee- It is the duty of the employee to look after his own health and well-being.
UK holds a system of self-regulation.
Under this system the union representatives of the business organization create a pact of a safe working atmosphere for all the workers with the employers.
They should actively participate in the safe-keeping of their employees who on the other hand should also be very careful about themselves.
• Duties of the employer- Employers should see to it that any particular technical system or commodity which poses a threat to the health and safety of the workers should be immediately removed.
Employees should be provided with a safe and healthy access towards everything.
Maintenance of a benign working environment is very important.
If the organization consists of five employees then they should be provided with the Statement of Health and Safety Policy.
This particular policy contains instructions about the safety and well-being of the employees.
On the other hand if there are more than five workers they should be provided with adequate training regarding their safety.
• Concerns- If the workers of an organization are worried about their health and safety the organization should put up a health and safety committee within the company.
The employees are even entitled to compensation related to work accidents.