HealthandSafetyWeek

Health and Safety Week – a series of events promoting the benefits of good health and safety in the UK. Taking place between 15-19 June 2015

[HealthandSafetyWeek @HSafetyWeek]

RT if you support Health & Safety Week, taking place this week! Plus, join us at Safety & Health Expo, Tues - Thurs.

[David Cant @davidgcant]

If you want your workers to be spotting and rectifying more hazards, ask them what they have seen and addressed every day.  

And keep asking.

The only way you know they will say something when there is an issue, is if they say something when there is an issue.

#MindTheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

One of the most important skills any employee can develop in the #construction industry is hazard recognition.

#MindTheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

Health and Safety culture is not a difficult idea, it can be described in terms of concepts such as ‘trust’, ‘values’ and ‘attitudes’.

You can usually judge whether a company has a good safety culture from what its employees actually do rather than what they say.

#MindtheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

Supermarket chain @Morrisons has introduced a weekly morning quiet hour (Sat 9.00 - 10.00) for customers who struggle with the #noise associated with grocery shopping, like those on the #autism spectrum.

[David Cant @davidgcant]

One of the most effective ways to prevent injuries is to consider human errors as the consequences, rather than as causes of failure.

Eg;

When an accident occurs, the important issue is to not find who is at fault, but how and why the management system failed.

#MindTheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

Before tweeting photos promoting your #construction work do CHECK the bigger picture.

Often poor working practices are in the background.

#MindTheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

No one expected England to get this far in the tournament..
It’s a breath of fresh air to see they did. 👏 #ENGCRO

[David Cant @davidgcant]

Gareth Southgate has done more for the UK in the last 3 weeks than any MP in months #ENGCRO

[David Cant @davidgcant]

To encourage more women in traditionally male-dominated industries, all children should be educated in subjects such as design, engineering and creative technology, to ensure they don’t grow up with perceived barriers because of their gender.

[David Cant @davidgcant]

...people have different beliefs, values, expectations and most importantly, different perceptions of risk, and this is where the challenges begin.

#MindtheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

...health and safety is not rocket science, so how come people find the whole thing so difficult? its because the process involves people and they aren’t that simple...

[David Cant @davidgcant]

How about this 1856 artists vision of the future showing air travel from a London airport.

The artist had rules too. Passengers could sit on the wings, and had inflight #healthandsafety information.

- No holding umbrellas
- No letting off Rockets
- No flying Kites
- No smoking

[David Cant @davidgcant]

Look #Healthandsafety is a simple concept.

It’s about preventing people from harm in the workplace. And that's not difficult when you think about it....

[David Cant @davidgcant]

The signs and symptoms of heat stress while working in hot weather;

- Confusion
- Dark-colored urine (a sign of dehydration)
- Dizziness
- Fainting
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Muscle cramps
- Nausea
- Vomiting

#healthandsafety #construction

[David Cant @davidgcant]

#FactFriday 👇 https://t.co/OtQ3Pegzdp

[David Cant @davidgcant]

Burning 26-storey building in Brazil's largest city collapsed 90 minutes after catching #fire https://t.co/a72BidakDb

[David Cant @davidgcant]

All the gear, but no idea.. 😳

#Healthandsafety #MindTheRisks

[David Cant @davidgcant]

China just built a 55km bridge to Hong Kong.

It's the longest sea #bridge in the world and is made from the same amount of steel as 60 Eiffel Towers.

#engineering ⚙️

[David Cant @davidgcant]

For effective #PPE .... it's all in the fit. #WorkDifferent https://t.co/RRzlZ7SUMr

[David Cant @davidgcant]

If you give your workers the right tools to do their job safely and manage them effectively...

....you won't need to look that hard to see why safety is failing.