1. Lifting the load: Reducing the
burden of occupational disease in
the UK
Mike Slater
BOHS President Elect 2014/15

4. • 39 fatal injuries
to workers in
Construction in
2012/13

6. • About 3 700
occupational
cancer cases

7. • over 500 workers
believed to die
from exposure to
silica dust

8. • 31 000 new
cases of work-
related ill health

9. There are currently
approximately 13,000
deaths each year due
to occupational
diseases

12. 99%
health

13. An estimated 1.1 million
people who worked in
2011/12 were suffering
from a work-related illness

15. Silica released during stone cutting activities
Source: HSE

17. Now you see it

19. Bakers are about
80 times more
likely to develop
occupational
asthma than the
average British
worker

22. Recycling

23. Fracking

27. Recognise Evaluate Control
Occupational Hygiene

28. Recognise Evaluate Control
Occupational Hygiene

29. Prevention
Engineering
Work practices
PPE

30. Employers

31. HSE
Government
Employers
Trade Unions
Professionals

33. “HSE .. (should continue) .. to
seek new and innovative
ideas for interventions that
maximise its impact on the
continuing high levels of
work-related ill health.”

36. HSE
Government
Employers
Trade Unions
Professionals

38. http://www.bohs.org/OHServices-directory/

40. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pTnkODfIHad5s9dpuPrpw?feature=watch

41. President@bohs.org
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