Europe's leading body for health and safety professionals, the establishment of Safety and Health (IOSH), has established new research suggests that workplace accidents can be reduced significantly by increased investment in professional safety .

The results found that a common culture of safety in companies and enterprises in which managers at all levels have sufficient safety and health training and could set a good example. On the other hand, in which line managers lackThe training is required, a pattern of behavior was sloppy and negligent endemic and led to more accidents.

The research, carried out primarily by Glasgow Caledonian University, found that on average, more qualified health and safety of line managers in an organization, the lower the accident rate. Representatives said that this means that investing in health and safety training has demonstrated the impact, employee benefits and contributes to the growth ofProductivity by reducing interference from a significant accident involving death or injury. They analyzed data from more than 100 entrepreneurs in the construction industry, which together more than 200,000 employees.

Companies with on-line manager with a higher level of health and safety training and qualifications the lowest accident rate. Those who have less than two days of training, the accident rates more than eight times higher than companies with the most qualified orqualified managers. This is particularly relevant for the United Kingdom, where more than 200 people die each year in accidents at work and over a million wounded.

The study shows the importance of training in the workplace not just at management level, where it should be an obligation but also that staff also need training to do their jobs. It is necessary that the criteria and procedures, the role they play and know how to increase the health and safety concernsManagement. Moreover, there is a positive development for the health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working environment is second nature to everyone.

In the UK, Norwich Union, recommending more training in the workplace to prevent accidents, as part of a safety campaign. Forklift was as special risks in the workplace and lack of training, supervision and collaboration between employees and owners having given more accidents.According to the HSE, trucks are responsible for just under 2,000 reportable events for the year] 2006 [the latest available data, including seven deaths.