Newsletter March 2019

Charity Promotion

ALL PPE purchased via the office or online store
20% of all profits donated to the Lighthouse Club construction industry charity.
Check our website www.awsafety.co.uk

CITB Courses
25-26^th April SSSTS  -£325.00
Reduced to £250.00

H&S courses
IOSH Managing Safely 21^st – 23^rd  May – £475.00
Reduced to £375.00

H&S Consultancy
25% discount from our standard fees
Call for 01623 821516 for details

For more details or to make a booking, contact the office on 01623 821516 or training@awsafety.co.uk

Charity Pub Quiz * March 21^st 2019 Robin Hood Inn – Edwinstowe

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DID YOU KNOW – in 2018 82,000 construction workers were suffering from work-related ill health.

62% is due to musculoskeletal problems
25% is due to work related stress
13% is due to other illnesses which include occupational lung disease, occupational asthma, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dermatitis, occupational cancer, deafness and hand-arm vibration related illness such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

These are all illnesses which are reportable under RIDDOR and may involve an investigation from the HSE to determine if the company is meeting its legal obligations and doing all it can to prevent injury and illness to its staff.

A good way of meeting these obligations is by promoting a positive safety culture throughout the workforce which basically means that all employees think of safety as being an important thing and behave in a way that prioritises their own safety as well as that of those around them and that working safely becomes the ‘norm’.

By having a positive safety culture this will have a financial effect on the company as they will:

• Not have staff off due to illness/injury – thereby paying for someone who is not being productive plus the extra cost of covering their role by either paying overtime or for temporary staff
• Not be having to pay out expensive legal costs
• If an injured person cannot return to work due to illness/injury there is then the costs of recruiting and providing training for a new member of staff.

It will also have a morale effect on staff – as they say, happy staff are more productive staff but sadly stress and mental health issues are becoming more evident.  This is where being able to identify early the signs of stress can help and to help companies achieve this AW Safety are able to delivery the Mental Health First Aid course, either at our training centre in Edwinstowe or at your own premises.

One part of safety culture, and thereby preventing injury and illness, is ensuring staff are well trained and competent to do their job role.  This involves training which can be on the job training, working with more experienced staff or by attending training courses, again AW Safety Management Ltd can help!  We can provide accredited CITB training site manager and site supervisor courses alongside non-accredited awareness sessions Eg/ asbestos or silica awareness to accredited training courses
Eg/ IOSH Working Safely or Principles of Manual Handling.

As part of AW Safety Managements’ ongoing commitment to ‘their giving back initiative’ are currently raising funds to donate to the Lighthouse Club charity who are the only charity that provides financial and emotional support to the construction community and their families who have suffered an injury or long-term illness or simply need a helping hand.   The charity receives no public funding and rely on the generosity of those within the industry to help them continue their vital work.  Shocking statistics show that there is still much work to be done to improve the safety and emotional wellbeing of our construction community, but they can only do that with support.

Call us on 01623 821524 for more details.

Article written by Tracey Stubbs – Senior Health & Safety Consultant

We are pleased to announce the opening of our new additional 18 seat training room. Contact us for all your H&S training needs. See our “offers of the month”

Call 01623 821516 or email training@awsafety.co.uk for more details.

2019 Open Course online booking facility is now available.….visit our website www.awsafety.co.uk