Each year, roughly 1.7 million people in the UK suffer from a work-related illness, with 470,000 of these resulting in some form of musculoskeletal disorder. With so many accidents taking place each day, health and safety is something that needs to be at the forefront of business leaders’ minds every day at work. As we enter the new year, there’s no time like the present to look after your team and make your workplace a safe and healthy environment to work in this year.
While we’d all love to have zero accidents and illnesses throughout the year, this often isn’t the case for most businesses. Work-related stress and depression have skyrocketed in the past years to impact 822,000 workers annually. The good news is that there are things that businesses can do to make their office more enjoyable to work in. When you start to focus more on health and safety with our team’s help, you’ll notice many benefits to both your employees and your business.
Reducing Time Lost to Illness and Injuries
One of the biggest reasons to consider improving your health and safety practices with our help is to stop people from getting hurt in your office and taking time off. Most injuries and illnesses result in some form of paid sick leave, which can be frustrating for the rest of the team and your organisation as a whole. While this is completely unavoidable for the employee, it soon means that other people are left to pick up the slack.
When you focus on having good health and safety practices in place from the start of the year, you’ll find your team’s efficiency and productivity will increase over time.
A More Welcoming Work Environment
When working in a high-pressure or high-stress environment, you’ll want to focus on increasing the training and improving the policies in your office to make it a more enjoyable place to work. If your team notice that a large number of employees are taking time off from illness, they may begin to become exhausted from work. This tiredness is one reason we see an increased number of incidents in some industries, particularly due to the impact of COVID-19. When you focus on health and safety, you’ll be able to strengthen relationships within your business. We prioritise Putting People First, and we really do believe this is one of the top reasons to improve your health and safety.
Health and safety is something we feel should be focused on for the long-term, rather than something you can work on for a few weeks, then forget forever. Our team is here to help develop a long-term partnership with your business to ensure you feel confident in all areas of health and safety. To help reduce the chance of injuries and illnesses in your workplace this year, contact our team today. We’ll be excited to work with you to help you start Putting People First and set you up for another successful year.
If you need any help, please contact us on 01332 460 703 or info@harrieruk.com