All employers in all sectors of industry in Great Britain are being urged to play their part in sharing information to prevent accidents.For more Information: www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revamped its Safety Bulletin system used to warn industries of problems with equipment, process, procedures and substances leading to injury, with bulletins now available automatically via email, text message or RSS feed, as well as on the website.
HSE recently held a workshop, “Safety Alerts: Everyone Has a Role to Play – What's Yours?,” to demonstrate the benefits of its new system and to encourage industry to do more to help improve the safety alert system as a whole. HSE is asking employers to find more effective ways to share safety information with their own employee alerts.
Workshop participants committed to actions – such as, reviewing the format and method of issuing alerts; sharing alert information with other industries; and setting up forums to share best practices. In return, HSE pledged ongoing support to industry to help organizations progress with their commitments.
HSE Chair, Judith Hackitt noted, "With this new and updated way of issuing safety alerts, we are initiating a better, joined up approach to sharing information that will help towards reducing death and injury at work. HSE is keen to move with the times and take advantage of new ways of communicating.
"We are encouraged by the positive response we have already seen from a number of sectors, but we need to get all areas involved to maximize the benefits of this approach. I am confident that British industry will rise to the challenge of protecting workers through this new system."
Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risks Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers' Compensation costs, including airlines, health care, manufacturing, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. He can be contacted at: Robert_Elliott@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com or 860-553-6604.
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