"Every 40 minutes in the UK a young person is seriously injured in the workplace. We think this position is wholly unacceptable. By highlighting to young people that they need to be aware of their environment and speak up if they feel unsafe we hope to significantly reduce this number" states Julie Nerney, chief executive of the British Safety Council.
Young workers, those under the age of 18 years, are considered in law to be at risk due to lack of experience and maturity. Good role models, a positive safety culture, training and supervision are key issues in the successful mentoring and a young workers development so this ongoing campaign will be of interest to those employing or working with under 18’s.
The Speak Up Stay Safe campaign supports and encourages young people to feel confident talking to their work supervisor, parent, teacher or friends if they feel that they are in an unsafe situation. Tips and advice for young people, teachers, parents and employers is available on www.speakupstaysafe.co.uk, HSE website, Facebook and other mediums. Visit the website with a young worker as part of your risk assessment action plan.
Explosive disciplinary action?
An employee that made a ‘technical error’ is likely to be facing explosive disciplinary action this week after a firework display scheduled to take 20 minutes lasted just one minute. The technical error meant that rather than a series of colourful explosions, spectators were surprised by £6000 worth of fireworks within a minute! Spectators were disappointed with the short display but some described the show as “brilliant” and the sky ‘like daylight’!
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