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Employees 'need to be made aware of health and safety rules'

08 July 2011

Many offices do not have effective health and safety procedures in place, one expert has stated.

Founder of Personalinjurylawyers.co.uk, Nicholas Tate, explained that many firms, particularly smaller enterprises, tend to only focus on such policies after an accident has occurred.

He added: "It often seems to be the case that it takes an accident and the fear of legal action for companies to act."

However, the expert stressed that it is important to take action before something goes wrong and put in place proper procedures that meet regulations and standards.

Mr Tate's remarks come after a study by the website discovered almost half (49 per cent) of those questioned had not seen any form of documentation relating to health and safety procedures and only 18 per cent were familiar with fire safety policies.

It also discovered that nearly three out of four (73 per cent) employees surveyed are often not aware of such processes in their place of work.

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