The Health and Safety Executive has released figures showing that as many as 12 employees died in accidents and work in east England in 2008. According to Heather Bryant of the HSE, these figures are too high and could be reduced if employers had been more stringent with health and safety measures.

Heather Bryant has called for businesses to take health and safety more seriously.

There are families throughout the region who have been cruelly robbed of a loved one in incidents that in many cases were entirely preventable.

The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has also warned about the number of work related deaths in the UK, stating that last year’s figures were far too high, with 53 work related deaths reported in the construction sector.

Simon Davis is a personal injury lawyer with Kester Cunningham John, he adds:

Although the number of deaths and serious injuries in the workplace are reducing, the cost to affected families and society is so great that every initiative to reinforce the safety message is welcome. We see the consequences of employers’ negligence every day – the cost is too high.