Further reading and alternative sources of information are suggested on issues not fully covered. The majority of accidents, incidences of ill health and cases of environmental pollution at work are preventable. Hence the importance of the safety rep.
Compensation can also play an important role in prevention.
They, too, are sometimes killed at work - in accidents on the road. Their deaths, however, are not reported as deaths at work. Many of these deaths could have been prevented by positive management action. They were not true accidents or unforeseen events at all. If the ten highest fines are discounted, the average fine was 3,266.