NATIONAL MEN’S HEALTH WEEK HIGHLIGHTS CONSTRUCTION

Back pain, skin and breathing problems, noise and stress…

It is National Men’s Health Week during 14 – 20 June 2010.  Some key facts highlighted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are:

  1. Male workers who make up the majority of Britain’s construction industry have a high incidence of occupational ill health: back pain, skin and breathing problems, noise and stress
  2. Men are more likely to have work related accidents than women;
  3. Men suffer the great majority of fatal or major non-fatal injuries at work;
  4. Around 6.5k deaths (8%) and 10k new cases (6%) of cancer in males each year can be attributed to work;
  5. Young men age 16 – 24 have a substantially higher risk of all workplace injury than older male workers;
  6. Research shows that men are less likely than women to talk about and seek medical help for ill health issues.

This article was posted on 11th June 2010 in OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH.
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