Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2011

Safe and regular maintenance is crucial in order to avoid injury, death and disasters. The lack of this is implicated in such disasters as Piper Alpha and more recently the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In the telecoms industry safe maintenance procedures are paramount for the safety of both workers and members of the public. The Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Safe Maintenance is an integral part of ensuring a culture in the industry that has this issue as its main focus.

The NW BTU Health & Safety Co-ord fully supports the European Campaign On Safe Maintenance. This is the second of a two year campaign

It is estimated that of 10-15% of fatal accidents at work, 15 – 20% of all accidents are related to maintenance.

The Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2010-2011, is co-ordinated by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and its partners in the 27 EU Member States and beyond. It supports a wide range of activities at the national and European level that promote safe maintenance. It is backed by the EU Presidencies of Hungary and Poland, by the European Parliament and the European Commission, and by the European Social Partners.

Throughout the campaign, many events and activities have been organised within the Member States. One of the principal activities to support the campaign is the European Good Practice Awards that is organised specifically to identify examples of good practice related to safe maintenance.

Other campaign highlights include the two European Weeks for Safety and Health at Work, held last year in October 2010 and this year October 2011. The European Safety and Health Weeks, which have been running since 2000, are annual events that promote improved safety and health in the workplace.

On these pages you will find campaign information. Check out further articles on this website for more information on the European Week for Safety and Health at Work as well as details of forthcoming events this year that will be run in the UK in order to promote the campaign.

In the meantime the documents illustrated can all be downloaded from our E-Library Database which contains over 400 documents many dealing with safe maintenance in several working environments that CWU members in telecoms, postal and financial services find themselves involved in on a daily basis.

This film, one in a series to be shown on this website throughout the campaign, shows a mythical character by the name of Napo in a series of maintenance situations.

Watch the film now by clicking on the pic

 

 

See also: Euro Campaign On Safe Maintenance Procedures Announced

 

Read the news report on the day of the Piper Alpha Disaster from BBC News here

Source: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work / BBC News

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