It may have been National Men’s Health Week last week but it’s just another working week when men are more than twice as likely to be hurt in the workplace than women. Men are also substantially more likely to be killed in accidents in the workplace than women.

IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) is urging men to take greater care of themselves when they are at work. In 2007-08, men accounted for 221 of the 229 workplace fatalities (96 per cent) and suffered more than 75,000 injuries that required more than three days off work. By contrast, six women died and over 33,000 were hurt in accidents requiring more than three days absence from the workplace.

New European Union guidelines to protect health workers from sharps injuries have been announced. The guidelines form part of a framework agreement signed by the European Federation of Public Services Union (EPSU) and HOSPEEM – the European hospital and health-care employers’ association.

The agreement, which was negotiated with the involvement of Karen Jennings, head of health at trade union Unison, aims to prevent the incidence of injuries from contaminated sharps, and establish appropriate response and follow-up policies in cases where injuries occur.

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Shiftworkers in the UK are facing serious health risks but are getting second class safety because the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) clocks off outside normal office hours.

University of Stirling Professor Andrew Watterson, in his report published on 1 June 2009, says the estimated 3.5 million shiftworkers in the UK are getting second class treatment because no staff in HSE, the official government workplace health and safety regulator, are rostered to work outside of normal hours. This means after dark there is no preventive health promotion work and there are no routine graveyard shift health and safety inspections by its 1,300 strong contingent of workplace inspectors.

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STOP™ is the world’s most recognised behavioural safety training programme and is now exclusively available from Coastal around the globe.

The award-winning STOP™ series provides a path to workplace safety excellence by making safe behaviour and safe workplace conditions part of the work culture, thus preventing injuries and incidents.

STOP™ Programmes Now Available:

STOP™ for Supervision
A comprehensive, behaviour-based training programme, STOP™ for Supervision establishes the framework for the entire STOP™ series. It teaches managers, supervisors and team leaders how to observe people as they work. By talking with people to acknowledge safe acts and correct unsafe acts, workers are encouraged to follow safe work practices.

 

Advanced STOP™

Builds upon the skills taught in STOP™ for Supervision and develops the advanced skills needed to make safety audits more meaningful and effective.

STOP™ for Each Other
Focuses on peer-to-peer safety, teaching participants to interact with their co-workers, incorporate safety in their everyday activities and make safety second nature.
 

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