Health & Safety Roadshow Part 1
Following on from our recent company-wide Safety Stand Down day that took place at our HQ a couple of weeks ago, we’ve decided to take things a step further by rolling out a Health and Safety Roadshow initiative to emphasise key messages and high standards to the wider workforce.
After taking time to reflect on our safety operations with all our Managers, Supervisors and Engineers, we have made it our mission to ensure all of our site teams hear this information first hand in order to engage fully and promote a strong focus on behavioural change.
Our HSQE Director, Jonathan Milnes and Operations Director, Richard Mitchell have been delivering the first leg of the Health and Safety Roadshow up and down the country, communicating a collective responsibility to all.
To date, we’ve conducted six site visits that have included the HMP Millsike project in East Yorkshire, Project SOFIA in the North East, a Critical National Infrastructure Project, the Kingsway Hospital in Derby, the Chesterfield Royal Hospital and the Montagu Hospital in Mexborough.
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We want to make it clear to all the clients we work with how deeply committed we are to demonstrating a united effort and addressing any issues in order to move forward with the right consistent approach to working safely at all times.
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Health and Safety figures for 2022/23 released by the HSE reveal that 135 workers sustained fatal injuries last year across all industries, which is up from 123 the previous year. The three most common causes of fatal injuries are falls from height (40), being struck by a moving object (29), and being struck by a moving vehicle (20).
With these statistics in mind, it is a stark reminder that the works undertaken are high risk and require careful planning and consideration for the environments that we work in.
The main hazards and risks which apply to a huge portion of our workforce cover:
- people working in the construction industry
- working at height
- workers aged 60 or over – we would take it that this demographic have a significant amount of experience within the industry
We do not want to become part of these statistics, and appreciate the feedback and support from the site teams so far who have been part of the Roadshow experience. The Roadshow will continue across other sites resuming in September, due to the peak holiday season.
We’d like to thank our clients for supporting our Roadshow initiative and to our fantastic workforce who do uphold our company values when arriving on site each day.