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MSA SAFETY SPONSORS HARD HAT AWARENESS WEEK 2023
Global manufacturer and supplier of safety equipment and PPE for the construction industry MSA Safety has announced that it will be sponsoring the UK’s Hard Hat Awareness Week (HHAW) 2023, which takes place between 12-18 June.
Now in its fourth year, Hard Hat Awareness Week was specifically designed and created to encourage best practice around safety equipment, awareness of head injuries, and to educate on real-life impact scenarios.
As chief sponsor of Hard Hat Awareness Week, MSA Safety will be taking part in the event in a variety of ways, from roundtables and discussion panels to product demos – all with the aim of supporting the initiative’s efforts to highlight the criticality of wearing head protection when working in risky situations.
Russel Pieters, Senior Field Sales Manager for MSA, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to be sponsoring Hard Hat Awareness Week this year, as a company that has a lasting heritage and huge focus on head protection helping to keep people safe whilst they work.”
Head protection is a critical issue that warrants greater attention. According to research conducted in the UK, around one in five of all fatal and non-fatal injuries are head related. This is compounded by unsafe habits. Despite hard hats being a critical component of keeping employees safe from harm, an MSA Safety survey revealed that nearly half of workers ‘rarely’ or
ROSPA CROWNS FIRST EVER WINNER OF ITS NEW FALLS PREVENTION TROPHY
A not-for-profit social housing provider who has shown exceptional commitment to preventing falls has been awarded RoSPA’s first ever Falls Prevention Trophy this week, after coming out top of three shortlisted organisations.
Trent & Dove, which offers affordable homes across East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire, was crowned winner by a panel of RoSPA award winners through a webinar, which was hosted in collaboration with the trophy’s sponsors, Berkeley Group.
The webinar, which took place on April 19, included three shortlisted organisations chosen by RoSPA, before other award entrants voted for the winner. The other two RoSPA award-winning finalists were engineering contractors Taziker and care home Barchester Healthcare. When all three organisations had presented their organisational falls prevention strategy, a panel of RoSPA award winners voted on who should come out top.
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‘don’t ever’ wear a hard hat, while less than one in five wear a hard hat ‘most of the time’.
“HHAW is a great event which presents a fantastic opportunity to really raise awareness of the risks of not getting head protection right, as well as the benefits of choosing the best safety equipment for workers. At MSA we disregard the notion that hard hats serve one purpose. Physical safety is paramount, but there are many associated benefits of great head protection, from confident and happy workers to more productive and efficient businesses,” said Pieters.
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Trent & Dove’s three-point fall prevention plan, entailed reviewing individual homes to determine the level of care required by the tenant and what safety measures could be installed, educating staff and tenants on the risks of falls, and offering tenants over 60 home safety checks. Its educational plan also involved rolling out RoSPA’s Fall Fighters initiative - a free-to-attend fall prevention awareness service aimed at educating and inspiring individuals to take action to reduce falls in their community.
Discussing the importance of winning the Falls Prevention Trophy, Anna Hickman, Head of Health & Safety at Trent & Dove, said: “We really could not be more delighted to win the falls prevention trophy. Firstly, it recognises the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of the team delivering the project – they thoroughly deserve the recognition. It will also provide us with an additional platform from which to share our project more widely and show what can be achieved by a proactive and holistic approach to fall prevention. We look forward to working with RoSPA in the future to actively demonstrate that accidents do not have to happen.”
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