TOMORROW’S CLEANING SEPTEMBER 09
A STEP in the right direction
TOMORROW’S CLEANING EDITOR, CHARLOTTE TAYLOR,
SHOWS US WHY WORKING AT HEIGHT NEED NOT BE
AS DANGEROUS AS IT SEEMS, THANKS TO THE HSE’S
SHATTERED LIVES CAMPAIGN.
Working at height can be a daunting prospect
whether you are acrophobic or not. Even
when you are only metres from the ground,
sustaining an injury is easier than anyone
would like to admit.
Whether you are cleaning windows, removing
dust from ceilings and walls, cleaning hard-to-
reach surfaces or simply changing that solitary
light bulb - working at height without the
correct safety measures could be dangerous.
According to recent statistics released by the
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) falling
from a height was the fourth most common
be rendered immobile and employers could be It is an easy way to learn about slips and trips,
kind for major injuries to employees
responsible for hefty compensation fees. Not how they are caused, why preventing them
accounting for 12% for 2007/08. The most
only could your working life be affected, but is important and how to tackle them. STEP
common kind of accident was slips/trips
your personal life too. What if you could no includes quizzes, videos, animations, case
(40%), followed by injured while handling
longer play football every weekend, or go to studies and interactive sequences to enhance
(15%) and struck by moving object (12%).
the gym, or enjoy time with your family? the learning experience.
A fall from a height, big or small, could
It doesn’t bear thinking about.
Completing this package will help your
accumulate to more than just a nasty bump
So if this is the case, what can you do to understanding of slips, trips and falls but to
and a few days off work while you lick your
prevent it happening to you? reduce accidents you will also need to take
wounds. In some
cases you could
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
action in your workplace. Whether you are an
launched the Shattered Lives Campaign this
employer or employee make your colleagues
year, in attempt to make people more aware of
aware of the Shattered Lives Campaign and
their working environment, focusing on slips,
how they can prevent a life-altering accident
trips and falls in the workplace.
from happening to them.
The website offers eLearning tools that can
www.hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives
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