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Workshops to discuss safety issues
CEMEX Materials > West Midlands area > 0121 569 7833
competence assurance: 25
All employees and drivers in the area have been invited to the monthly West Midlands Safety Workshop in
2005. Each meeting involves at least 30 people across a range of disciplines, from drivers to fitters.
The principal focus is behaviour and hazard management, and content varies according to the needs and
interests of attendees. The sessions include presentations from guest speakers and interactive exercises
culminating in the delegates producing a set of safety commitments that they agree to achieve that year.
These commitments, together with those from senior management and a group photo, are displayed on a
team poster and sent to each attendee.
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Competency of contractors
Tarmac Northern > County Durham > 07836 507203
Tarmac Northern has introduced a variety of measures aimed at ensuring that all contractors share the
company’s health and safety values and commitment.
A thorough selection procedure for new contracting companies includes the gathering of information on
employees, their task lists and training certificates, as well as insurance details for the company and PAT
testing certificates / records for tools to be used on site.
Depot supervisors and team leaders are all trained on “depot task” – a document that ensures risk
assessments and method statements are completed before work begins and that the contractor is
competent to carry out the relevant task.
A zero tolerance procedure ensures that contractors found acting in an unsafe manner, or carrying out
tasks that they are not authorised to handle, will be asked to leave site and are stopped from working for
Tarmac in the future.
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Video of isolation and lock off procedures
Hanson Aggregates > Central Area > 01827 874326
A video raising awareness of Hanson Aggregates’ isolation and lock off procedure was the brainchild
of a company operations manager and site electrician. It began as a training course for site employees,
followed by a stand at a few quarry safety days. So successful was the presentation that it was delivered
to over 200 employees, managers and contractors at locations all over Central Area for European Week for
Safety and Health. To increase the number of people exposed to the information, the session was video
taped and a management briefing pack prepared and distributed to company health and safety advisors.
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‘Get a Grip’ campaign
CEMEX UK > 01932 568833
CEMEX has embarked upon a campaign that it believes will reduce the number of slips, trips and falls
across the company.
The ‘Get a Grip’ campaign is the brainchild of a departmental head and aims to remind employees that
three-points of bodily contact need to be maintained when carrying out certain activities, such as climbing
a ladder. A design illustrating this message can be seen on stickers and posters around sites, such as on
vehicles and at the bottom of stairwells.