injury at work?

[millie_3]

if someone have injured myself at work due to lack of staff and resorces, who is responsible? them? for doing a job(unsafely)for the dignity of others or managment for not providing sufficient staff and possibly breeching their policies?

[millie_3]

*themselves

[ummmm]

How was it due to lack of staff? What actually happened?

[factor-fiction]

You need to be more specific. Employers and employees both have responsibilities for H&S.
Please clarify what you mean by 'failing to provide sufficient staff' and how this contributed to the accident

[millie_3]

his a health care setting and well staff have been informing managment for quite some time about the work load in a manual handeling capicity, an regulation inspection was carried out 6 months ago+ and they reported that it was a requirement not a recomendation that more staff were needed! this has still not happened! never mind staff who were off sick(work related)and on annual leave were not replaced, this meant staff were still carrying out duties with less/little, which they felt was unsafe ie. 2 persons carrying out a task when it is documented that 3 persons is required. a policy also clearly indicates that managment should provide sufficient staff for the health and wellbeing of their employees.Managment are not yet currently seeking employees. i hope this helps clarify :( if not let me know

[millie_3]

sorry factor30, this is not so much an accident more of a gradual injury if you know what i mean

[ummmm]

What's the injury?

[millie_3]

muscularskeletor,disk injuries and assocoated pain, this has happened with more than 1 person,

[bednobs]

my question would be why are staff carrying out duties which they feel are unsafe?