New HSE survey reveals some interesting anomalies

An interesting survey released this week by the HSE (The Health & Safety Executive) claims that 78% of business leaders think that good health & safety standards are beneficial to their organisation, 87% of employers think that their employees are their most important asset, BUT only 47% state that health & safety is at the centre of their business. How does that figure? In a country where 137,000 (yes, you read it right) people were seriously injured or killed in the workplace last year, where everyone knows (or should know) how to get professional advice on minimising the risks their employees face, less than half of employers still bother to make their workers' safety a priority.
We're not talking the swimming goggle bashers and the conker banners here, we're talking proper common sense and professional advice. Seems like at the end of the day, whatever the legislation and the rhetoric, people still aren't getting the message.....