Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)

HSE statistics show that, in 2022-23, work-related MSD cases accounted for 437,000 of a total 1.8 million (27%) work-related illnesses. An estimated 6.6 million working days were lost due to work-related MSDs, an average of almost 14 days for each case.

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