Home / Insights / Blog / The true cost of poor health and safety The true cost of poor health and safety When you put health and safety policies and processes in place, your main priority is to keep your workers safe, and rightly so. But a robust health and safety policy isn’t only useful for protecting your employees – it can also protect your organisation from the significant costs that can be incurred by poor health and safety. Every year, over a million workers are injured or made ill by their work in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive’s latest data showed between 2015/16 and 2017/18, an average 595,000 workers were injured at work, while a further 529,000 workers suffered a new case of work-related illnesses. Unfortunately, 144 people died at work during this time period. How much does poor health and safety cost us? These accidents and illnesses come at a cost – to the individual that’s affected, to their organisation and to society as a whole. Many of us are aware of the human costs of poor health and safety, as if an injury or illness prevents a person from working then they’re likely to suffer from a loss of income. However, the financial impacts health and safety incidents can have on an organisation may not be as obvious. Businesses are also likely to incur substantial costs– in fact, it’s estimated that workplace injuries and work-related illnesses cost British businesses around £3bn in 2016/17. Blog Health and Safety Related case studies Supplier Case Studies Hill Hill is one of the country’s top house builders, specialising in developing homes of distinction across London and the South East. Innovation, design excellence, quality build and respect for the local environment are key to their success, which has been recognised through several major industry awards. … Read more Buyer Case Studies VINCI Construction UK VINCI Construction UK saves 22,000 man hours in procurement and supply chain management with Constructionline and the COINS iPortal VINCI Construction UK is a market leading national construction and facilities company, and part of the VINCI Group. The organisation employs 4,000 people across four divisions … Read more Buyer Case Studies Wates Group Following a comprehensive review of their supply chain data management systems and the providers of this technology available in the market place, construction and development firm Wates Group adopted Constructionline in a bid to streamline procurement processes and reduce risk across all its contracting divisions. … Read more See more