UK Study: Average Health and Safety Fines £75,000 Higher Than the Cost of Compliance
Bryan Richards
Employers who invested in occupational safety and health potentially avoided a fine 65 percent higher than the cost of compliance.
UK businesses paid an average of £115,440 in fines for being found guilty of a health and safety breach in 2016. That’s according to the latest prosecution data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).