HSC Business plan Inspections to increase by 6% in 2002/2003

September 2002

The HSC has published its Business Plan for 2002 - 2003 which outlines the activities that the Commission and the Health and Safety Executive will undertake in the years 2002 - 2003.

The plan sets out the actions including enforcement drives, campaigns and other initiatives that they intend to carry out during the second year of their Strategic Plan for 2001 - 2004.

In particular it explains how the Commission and Executive will implement the eight priority programmes identified by the strategic plan as key areas needed to help deliver the ten year targets for reducing workplace accidents and ill health. These were set out in the Government's strategy Revitalising Health and Safety

These priority programmes aim to address the main causes of accidents and ill health at work. They cover muscularskeletal disorders, slips and trips, falls from height and workplace transport risks including fork lift truck usage.

According to the document the HSE intends to carry out a total of 86,000 inspections during this period - an increase of 6% on the previous year. They also plan to employ 1,649 inspectors by 1st April 2003

Copies of the plan can be obtained from HSE Books - Tel 01787 881165.