FOREWORD
People are spending more time at their workplace, with many spending more than 40 hours at work every week. Workers expect to spend this time in a safe and healthy working environment, and getting injured or falling sick at work is not an eventuality they hope to encounter. For most individuals, health and safety is a matter of utmost importance and priority, next only to their basic physiological needs.
Unfortunately, workplaces across the globe still have a lot to do to provide safe and healthy working conditions. It is estimated that every 15 seconds a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease, and 153 people experience a work-related injury. This is an enormous burden for organisations and society as a whole, with more ...
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