HEALTH, SAFETY & WELLBEING


TRAINING: WHY ENGAGEMENT MATTERS


Almost 30 years ago, Jason Anker MBE fell from a 10ft ladder on-site. The accident left him with lifelong injuries, paralysed from the waist down. NSS Group recently invited him to ‘The Safety Sessions’ to recount his story.


At NSS, one of our core values is working in the safest way. Our philosophy on safety is simple; it’s our number one priority whenever we approach a job, no matter how big or small.


We hold regular health and safety sessions and meetings with our employees, run by our dedicated QHSE department as well as investing heavily in approved training courses for all employees.


We’re dedicated to providing our staff with the necessary training they need, but we also acknowledge that it can be a challenge to truly engage with people when it comes to the subject of health and safety.


To help combat this industry-wide issue, we have introduced The Safety Sessions, a series of events aimed at educating our employees and customers on effective risk management in a way that leaves a lasting impact.


At our most recent event, NSS employees and customers gathered from around the country to listen to an inspiring and sobering story from Jason Anker MBE, re-telling his experience of falling from a height over 27 years ago, and the huge impact it’s had on his life ever since.


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To fully investigate the cause of an accident at work, we must understand why that person has put themselves in that situation and re-educate them on the full impact of their decisions, which is why Jason’s story was an important one to hear.


The session focussed on behavioural safety, defining the types of human error that can occur and how both the physical and mental state of a person can cause these errors affecting the person’s judgement on what is safe.


Jason’s story On January 3rd 1993, when Jason was 24, he fell 10ft from a ladder when on-site. By his own admission, Jason knew there was a risk but carried on due to pressures to get the job done in a tight time frame.


The incident left Jason with lifelong injuries, paralysed from the waist down and in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. But the effects weren’t just physical, they were emotional, too. ‘The ripple effect’, as Jason described it, had also changed the lives of his friends and family, leaving long-term emotional scars on the people around him.


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