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BUMI TUNGGAL MAJU SDN BHD TRAINING MODULE

2.1 SAFETY AND HEALTH

Why is workplace health and safety important?

• An average of 15 workers die each day in the United States from workplace injuries or

illnesses.
• Over 5,600 people die each year in the United States from workplaceinjuries or illnesses.

• Over 4 million non-fatal injuries were reported in 2009.
• These figures only include those injuries and illnesses which werereported by employers.

They do not include incidents that were notreported.

Costs OfWorkplace Injuries And Illness

For workers some of the direct costs of an injury or illness are:

• the pain and suffering of the injury or illness;

• the loss of income;
• the possible loss of a job;

• inability to provide for one’s family;
• health care costs.

What Can We Do About It?

• Know the risks.

• Know our rights.

• Know how to defend our rights.
• Work with better practices.

• Organize so that our employer will create better conditions.

Cleaners May Exposed To Different Types of Hazards in the Workplace Such As;

• Chemicals
• Biological hazards

• Manual handling

• Lone Working
• Confined Spaces

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