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Modern health and safety legislation has its origin during the Industrial revolution. Since then the development of industry and the massive flowering of technology have led to a greater need for health and safety control. Providing safe conditions at work is no longer a matter of common sense, if ever it was.

Accidents need to be recorded if they result in lost time at work. Non-fatal injury cases that do not result in lost workdays also need to be recorded if they result in employee termination, transfer or medical treatment beyond simple first aid. If the injury is so minor that only first aid is necessary, then it does not need to be reported. The omission of minor accidents from the reporting requirements undoubtedly is a relief to employers because paperwork is reduced.

Most full time employees are covered by Worker's Compensation insurance, which provided benefits to employees injured in work accidents. Benefits are provided also when there has been a gradual development of health problem (work-related illness).
For a company to understand better Health and Safety Needs, strategic planning has to take place. This will not only provide a better understanding of where the problem lies but it will also provide long-term solutions for the well being of employees.

Such strategic planning should include:Problems can brew under the service of organisations for a long time before their impact becomes noticeable - by the time they bubble up to the surface they're already affecting performance. Internal factors - changes in operations or management structure or IT resources - also have an effect.

A review will highlight anything that has altered, bringing to light not just the results of company interventions, but also any new issues; the next stage can then focus on these, allowing refining of the strategy so that its alignment continually improves the company. « mai multe referate din Economie