Businesses on a busy trading estate in Exeter are being offered free health and safety training in a bid to reduce the number of accidents at work.
Exeter City Council is teaming up with the Health and Safety Executive and other partners in an effort to make the work place a much safer place to be on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate.
In 2012, 255 accidents at work were reported by Exeter businesses – over 40% of these were from the Marsh Barton area.
Injuries ranged from broken bones, head and back injuries to cuts and burns caused by slips and trips, falls from...
