The fatal dangers of working in the recycling industry
Article
2014
9
17-21
hazardous work ; occupational injury ; recycling of materials ; trade union role ; waste management ; trade union document
Occupational risks
English
"The UK's waste treatment and recycling industry is breaking workplace injury records. Its workers have double the injury risk of building workers. The Health and Safety Executive – the UK's workplace safety inspection authority – is campaigning to change matters. Trade unions want a crackdown on rule-dodging employers."
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