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The
Need for the CCA
Everyone of us expects that their son, sister, mother
or father, will come home at the end of the day unharmed.
But many hundreds of people die each year at work or
in work-related activities.
The deaths take place in factories, construction sites
and on farms. They also occur on the road, in care-homes
and in hospitals.
These families will almost certainly have at least one
thing in common - wanting to be sure that the state
is undertaking a thorough investigation into the death,
and a proper assessment of the evidence to determine
whether any organisation or individual should be held
to account.
These are reasonable expectations and the CCA, on behalf
of families, makes sure that this happens.
We assist families right from the moment of death until
the final decisions about accountability are made -
sometimes a matter of years.
Throughout this period, we take the pressure of families
- we find out whether the level of investigation is
adequate, whether policies and procedures are being
followed, and whether there is more information that
families can obtain.
There is no other organisation in Britain helping bereaved
families in this way and it is entirely free, independent
and confidential.
And there is one other thing the families we assist
have in common - not wanting anyone else having to face
the same experience that they have gone through.
So the CCA works hard to prevent deaths and injuries
in the first place. It is state bodies which have the
responsibility for enforcing health and safety law and
we work to make sure that they do take these duties
seriously. And where there are gaps in the law, we lobby
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