Discussion - Preventing workplace transport accidents

Discussion ended 10 May 2002

The Health and Safety Commission hopes that publication of this document will stimulate consideration and discussion of the issues raised.

Introduction

In June 2000 the Deputy Prime Minister and I launched the Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy Statement. At its heart are major new targets for Great Britain's Health and Safety system. These are:

• To reduce the number of working days lost per 100,000 workers from work related injury and ill Health by 30% by 2010;
• To reduce the incidence rate of fatal and major injury accidents by 10% by 2010;
• To reduce the incidence rate of cases of work related ill health by 20% by 2010; and
• To achieve half of those targets by 2004.

• Full text of the discussion document [230kb]