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15 June 2006 - WWT Construction Safety
Awareness in Newmarket
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As part of the Working Well Together (WWT) programme and the Health and
Safety Executive's Height Aware campaign, a half-day Safety and Health Awareness
Day (SHAD) will take place on Wednesday, 12 July 2006, from 8.40am to 1.15pm at
Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk.
The event is intended for small construction firms, people or organisations
involved in maintenance, facilities managers and contractors carrying out or
commissioning repair work based in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex.
HSE principal inspector
"Falls from height are a major cause of injuries at work. In many cases,
work at height is a "one off" or incidental to the main job to be done. This
means people often don't recognise the risks and so don't take the precautions
they need to work safely.
Work at height includes any work that involves people being in a position
from which they could fall and injure themselves. If you do this work yourself
you have a duty to safeguard yourself and people working under your control. If
you employ contractors you still have a duty to ensure that they are competent
and have a safe system of work."
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