Investigation of Occupational Accidents and Diseases

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ILO Investigation of Occupational Accidents and Diseases : A Practical Guide for Labour Inspectors Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch Governance and Tripartism Department International Labour OfficeRoute des Morillons 4CH-1211 Geneva 22SwitzerlandTel. +41 22 799 67 15Fax. +41 22 7996878Email: Occupational Accidentsand DiseasesA Practical Guide for Labour InspectorsInvestigation of Occupational Accidents and DiseasesA Practical Guide for Labour InspectorsThe ILO estimates that every day approximately 6,300 people die and 860,000 people are injured or suffer ill health due to Occupational acci-dents and Diseases . These figures, while astounding, do not convey the pain and suffering of the global workforce and their families or the global economic losses to enterprises and not forgetting that Occupational Accidents and work-related Diseases are preventable it is also essential that lessons are learned when they occur.

ILO Investigation of Occupational Accidents and Diseases: A Practical Guide for Labour Inspectors Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch

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