A UK manufacturing body has urged employers to better assess health risks in the workplace and has conceded firms are ignoring occupational cancer risks. Steve Pointer, head of health and safety policy at manufacturers’ lobby group the EEF, admitted to Personnel Today magazine that some firms were too complacent and failed to protect their employees. ‘Some are just ignoring the risks entirely and this could result in civil claims or prosecutions by either the Health and Safety Executive or local authorities,’ he said.
