47th Edition - September 2009
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STATEMENT BY JOACHIM SCHÄFER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MESSE DÜSSELDORF, ON OCCASION OF A+A 2009 |
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Inadequate PPE leads to worker contracting dermatitis |
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A factory worker has been left with permanent disabilities after contracting a severe form of dermatitis at his workplace.
Prysmian Cables and Systems Ltd was fined
£27,500 and ordered to pay £10,700 costs, at
Southampton Crown Court on 9 September. The firm
pleaded guilty to breaching reg.6(1)(a), 7(1),
and 7(3) of the Control of Substances Hazardous
to Health Regulations 2002. |
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Source: www.shponline.co.uk |
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Safety Culture and Safety Performance Correlation |
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To determine whether safety culture
is related to safety performance DuPont
USA analysed 88,000 survey respondents at 21 companies. By calculating a
value called Relative Culture Strength (RCS),
DuPont was able to compare Relative Culture
Strength and OSHA total recordable injury rates.
We believe that when an organisation has a weaker safety culture, it may get “lucky” and have one or more years of relatively good safety performance, but that performance is less sustainable than in an organisation with a stronger safety culture. Organisations with good safety performance but a weak safety culture are at larger risk of experiencing a greater rate of injuries in the future than are organisations with a strong safety culture. |
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Source: www2.dupont.com |
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Well-being at work remains a priority despite the recession |
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Staff well-being is still worth investment, despite the recession. The amount of work undertaken over the last few years to promote well-being at work has firmly placed the issue on the long-term agendas of a range of companies. This is according to snapshot research undertaken with fifty employers. Over half of those surveyed said that well-being was actually more important to them in the current financial climate. A new opinion piece, "Is well-being still important at work? Employers’ views on recession, the new fit note and priorities for the year ahead", by Claire Tyers and Rose Martin at the Institute for Employment Studies examines employers’ current thinking on well-being.
Responses collected in May 2009 from
employers in both the public and private
sectors show that they recognise the
importance of continuing to focus on staff
well-being in the downturn, through
providing training, improving communication
at all levels and the creation or
implementation of solid underlying HR
policies. In difficult times, getting the
most out of their people and managing
absence effectively is more important than
ever. |
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Source: www.employment-studies.co.uk |
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Statement by Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, on occasion of A+A 2009 |
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No other event in the world offers a comprehensive programme comparable to the one offered by A+A, which takes place every two years and which was launched in 1954 as a trade fair for ”Occupational Safety + Occupational Medicine“. In the meantime it has come to present a complete range of products for individual protection, collective safety and maintaining the good health of employees. The International A+A Congress, as the second pillar of the event and running parallel to the trade fair, also looks back on a long tradition. In 2009 it will take place for the 31st time. |
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Source: www.aplusa-online.com |
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