INDUSTRY UPDATE
PJH Drives Home Road Safety Message for Young Pupils
WORKTOP FABRICATORS FEDERATION
Worktop Fabricators Federation –What we don’t see matters too
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Road SafetyCampaign delivered to 120 pupils at StMary’sCof E Primary School,Manchester. Delivered by PJH’s Transport, and Learning & Development Teams, the
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educational visit was specially designed to help the children understand about large articulated lorries, vehicle awareness and the potential dangers of crossing or walking near roads. Themain learning topics included vehicle awareness, the time and distance an HGVmay need to stop, and the blind spots around a vehicle. The children were also introduced to wider road safetymessages, including how to choose a safe place to cross and the importance of remaining visible and alert when travelling near large vehicles. PJH supplied pupils with some specially
designed learningmaterials and fun activity packs, drawing on road safety guidance. The goodie bag packs included a Road Safety Certificate, amock ‘PJH Pete Training School’ provisional license, hi-vis vest for travelling to school, pencils and drinks flask. Shaun Berry,National TransportManager, PJH, said: “It was an absolute
delight to get involved with our local community inManchester, and the pupils were really enthusaistic in learningmore about road safety and discovering interesting facts about large articulated lorries – especially when sitting in the trucks themselves!” Deputy Headteacher, Roy Edwards said: “I would like to thank PJH for the
wonderful support that you have shown the school, including the connection that you had with our children and the incredible experience that you provided. The gesture, time, resource and experience that you gave, has a bigger impact than you can ever imagine!”
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JHhas helped young children learn howto stay safe on the road and around large commercial vehicles through a special
n our industry,we're very good at looking at the finished product. We look at the bathroomsuite, the kitchen, the worktop, the furniture,
the brassware and the appliances.We consider the finish, the specification, the price, the availability and whether it will work for the customer. But how often do we think about what happens before those products
reach us? That question has become particularly important as the Health and
Safety Executive begins its programme of unannounced visits to fabricators and stonemasonry businesses across the UK, with a focus on protecting workers fromexposure to respirable silica dust and preventing silicosis. For businesses that have invested in proper controls, equipment and
training, an HSE visit shouldn't be something to fear. But there is a bigger issue here than inspections. Howmuch do the rest of us know about the people and processes
behind the products we specify? We're increasingly asking wherematerials come from.We ask about
sustainability, environmental credentials and provenance. Shouldn't we also be asking how the people producing those products
are treated? A finished worktop tells you very little about the environment in which it
was fabricated. A beautiful bathroomtells you nothing about the conditions in which its individual components weremanufactured. That doesn'tmean we should all become health and safety inspectors. It doesmean we should be asking better questions. Have you visited their facilities? Have you asked how dust is controlled? Do you know whether appropriate equipment and processes are being
used? And, perhapsmost importantly, would you be comfortable if someone
you cared about worked there? Silicosis is a devastating disease, but exposure to silica dust is not an
unavoidable consequence of working with thesematerials.With the right controls and working practices, the risk can bemanaged. At theWFF, we've tried tomake the fundamentalmessage
straightforward: Don't dry cut. Don't breathe it in. Don't take it home. But raising standards can't sit solely with fabricators, and it
can't be left to the HSE either. Everyone in the supply chain has a part to play. We are all connected.
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