School safety awareness day held in Worcestershire
November 5, 2008
An awareness day is to be held at a school in the Worcestershire area which aims to raise the profile of health and safety issues that affect educational establishments.
The areas which will be examined include slips, trips and falls, asbestos, working at height and the best way to deal with contractors on site.
Principal inspector for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Harvey Wild claims accidents in the workplace affect not only the people involved in the incident but their families, friends and dependants.
"We will be advising schools of practical ways in which they can minimise risks of work-related accidents and illnesses," he states.
Identifying slips and trips as key areas which need to be tackled in order to reduce the frequency of incidents, he says 55 per cent of accidents in the sector are caused by these.
He asserts nearly 2,000 major events involving them were reported to the HSE last year and suggests these are on the increase.
Earlier this year, the Journal reported a school's failure to inform a new caretaker a room was quarantined due to asbestos led to North Tyneside council receiving a fine of £17,005 plus £4,000 in costs.
The areas which will be examined include slips, trips and falls, asbestos, working at height and the best way to deal with contractors on site.
Principal inspector for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Harvey Wild claims accidents in the workplace affect not only the people involved in the incident but their families, friends and dependants.
"We will be advising schools of practical ways in which they can minimise risks of work-related accidents and illnesses," he states.
Identifying slips and trips as key areas which need to be tackled in order to reduce the frequency of incidents, he says 55 per cent of accidents in the sector are caused by these.
He asserts nearly 2,000 major events involving them were reported to the HSE last year and suggests these are on the increase.
Earlier this year, the Journal reported a school's failure to inform a new caretaker a room was quarantined due to asbestos led to North Tyneside council receiving a fine of £17,005 plus £4,000 in costs.
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South Birmingham PCT to pay GBP 37,500 - December 2, 2008
Hospitality workshop focuses on slips and trips - December 2, 2008
Final slice of health and safety Cake - December 1, 2008
