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SAFETY FIRSTS
Prize winning pic creates a buzz
Entry opens for
2010 RoSPA Health
& Safety Awards
A beekeeper’s portrait was success, Azzopardi said: “I still managed to sting me
The Royal Society for the
awarded with first prize for a am honoured to receive the several times. Through this
Prevention of Accidents
European photo competition prize. The photo was the photo I wanted to show the
has launched its 2010
on safer and healthier most challenging picture I importance of wearing
Occupational Health and
workplaces. have ever taken. I was protective clothing while
Safety Awards.
The European Agency for wearing protective clothing working in a dangerous The RoSPA Awards - an
Safety and Health at Work when I took the photo in an environment.” annual celebration of good
(EU-OSHA) announced the apiary in Malta, but the bees The second and third prize
practice in health and
winner at the European went to Eric Despujols from On the run
safety in the UK and
Summit on Risk Assessment France (“Welder”) and Having trained for weeks with
overseas - are open to
in Bilbao, the closing event of Rodrigo Cabrita from Portugal a rucksack and bags of sand
businesses and
organisations of all sizes
its Healthy Workplaces (“A hard and complicated Vaughan Godber, a firefighter
and types. In addition to
Campaign: Christopher life”). with County Durham and
looking at accident records,
Azzopardi from Malta was See the rest of the winning Darlington Fire and Rescue
they consider
awarded with the prize for photos at: www.osha- Service, says he found it
organisations’ overarching
his photograph entitled, photocompetition.eu comparatively easy to take health and safety
“Beekeeper”
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Commenting on his
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North Run while wearing full
recognise practices such as
breathing apparatus.
strong leadership and
Homer Simpson becomes an unlikely safety pinup
Although he had run this
workforce involvement in
half-marathon before, this was
accident and ill health
prevention.
some of the biggest causes accidents that affect the first time that he had worn
The development of
of injury and ill health in thousands of workers in real Draeger PSS 100 Breathing
robust health and safety
the workplace including life. Apparatus. His efforts resulted
management systems was
slips, trips and falls and bad Tom Mullarkey, RoSPA in him raising £600 for
encouraged by the Health
posture. Homer, who works chief executive, said: Children With Leukaemia. and Safety at Work etc Act
as a safety inspector at a “Homer’s approach to Talking about the 1974, which celebrates its
nuclear power plant, is safety reminds us all of experience Vaughan Godber
35th anniversary this year
joined by the rest of the something about ourselves explains: “Aalthough the
The Act, which was an
Simpson clan on a poster – that cutting corners can weather was hot the BA was
umbrella for bringing
dedicated to “24/7 safety” – affect other people’s lives as comfortable to wear
together and reforming a
patchwork of existing
the principle that well as our own. Although throughout the 13.2-mile
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health and safety laws,
preventing accidents is a Homer will never win a duration. As part of our
provided a framework of
Homer Simpson - perhaps family affair and does not RoSPA Safety Award, he is training we had been steadily
goal-setting duties for
the most accident-prone just start at the factory there to get us talking about increasing the weight of the
reducing occupational
safety inspector of all time - gates. safety and through his sandbags to 30lbs to match accidents and ill health,
is appearing on a range of Pictured asleep in a constant mishaps, offer the total weight of the BA. stating that organisations
new posters from the Royal safety talk, tumbling down some tongue in cheek The tactic obviously worked
should ensure the health
Society for the Prevention the stairs, hunched over his insights. Any similarity with because we even managed to
and safety of their workers
of Accidents (Rospa). desk and being burned in British workers (or indeed overtake a couple of other
and others “so far as is
The six posters, which the eye by a flaming British dads) is purely firefighters on route. We use
reasonably practicable”.
The closing date for
also feature Groundskeeper marshmallow (courtesy of coincidental!” Draeger BA at work so it was
entries is February 12,
Willie, Apu and other son Bart), it is hoped In the future, RoSPA, familiar to us and, for that
2010.For more information
much-loved characters from Homer’s misfortunes will hopes to offer a wide range reason, we found it very easy
or to request an entry form:
The Simpsons, are designed get others to think about of resources featuring The to wear.”
www.rospa.com/awards
to get people talking about how to avoid the common Simpsons.
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